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By CATHERINE LUCEY WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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ifd66
Another lunatic in the asylum.
Aly Rustom
Yup. They deserve each other.
yup.
Arrrgh-Type
Funny they'd be discussing this right after one of the strongest hurricanes in history just slammed into the Florida Panhandle. Most presidents would be would be spending all of their energy on disaster response; this one would rather hang out in the Oval Office with celebrities.
Alfie Noakes
The whole thing sounds like a grotesque festival of cringe. Is there any way to watch this online?
Bintaro
West also said :
He's just a crazy man who has no idea of what he's saying.
If you think only today counts, then you have nothing to do in politics.
Belrick
If you were connected to Trump's official Instagram account, you'd know he's been posting his efforts on the situation in Florida, relentlessly for the past couple of days.
What is it with you liberals that you have to bash Trump or anyone who supports him, at every chance you get? It's clear that you don't even know half of what's going on because you're basing your rants on one media piece!
smithinjapan
Trump's got third rate cover bands, extreme racist Ted Nugent, washed out actor James Woods, even worse wash out Scott Bale, and now mentally ill and extreme egoist Kanye on his side... and not many others. No doubt with Trump's fragile ego and desire to make the WH into the worst place possible, we'll be hearing about how Kanye should become part of the WH staff.
dbsaiya
When sailing on a ship of fools, mutiny is a means to survival, lest you sail in circles only to await the end. Don't mind my comment, "it was from the soul, I was just channeling it..."
Haaa Nemui
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/kanye-west-defends-support-for-trump-in-front-of-trump/ar-BBOfGOi?li=BBqdg4K
Some of it at least.
runner3
No words to describe how bad that whole scene was!!! Their both a couple fools.
Miyam_Musashi
This "surreal" event may just have pushed the Black vote RED +20%. Scary for the Dems who've taken African-Americans for granted, thus ad hominem attacks by the fake news media against West as "a token negro", "a negro who doesn't read", just because he doesn't agree their far left political views.
Free at last, free at last!
MAGA
Sha
An alternative to halloween movies
lincolnman
Just when you think Trump's lounge act presidency can't get any more bizarre, then come this.
Kanye dropped the f-bomb in the Oval Office - and what do we hear on right wing media about the Oval Office being sullied? Nothing.... Oh how things were different during the Obama Presidency...
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fox-news-attacks-rapper-common-over-white-house-invite-189523/
Its spelled H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y.....
theeastisred
Kanye is the one person who makes Trump look calm and semi-intelligent by comparison.
Jimizo
Where are the Trump supporters who usually moan about politicians courting celebs?
Belrick
Yeah, a damn sight worse than they are now or were under any other recent POTUS!
Spidey
The headline photo is a caricature in and of itself.
Reminiscent of Mad Magazine. Hilarious.
S
lincolnman
I assume you're too young to remember Nixon, who much like to Trump said "I'm not a crook", but was....
However, regarding your statement, Putin agrees with you....
Do the hustle
Who?
smithinjapan
The worst thing about this, besides Trump taking a mentally unstable person and using him to make himself look smarter, and in a way that HURTS Kanye and will send him over the edge (he needs tog et away from the cameras and off stage) is the fact that while Kanye — who wants to repeal the repeal of slavery and things slavery was optional — was going off about “the last time we talked about Hydrogen” or what have you, and Trump was sitting their with his poop-eater’s grin and doing nothing about f-bombs being dropped in the Oval Office, is that they let this craziness go on literally while people were being killed in Florida by the hurricane. THIS was Trump and the WH’s priority!!
mariamaria
Is this the newest Netflix series?
Belrick
Not far from retirement and Trump and Nixon are as different as chalk n cheese. Nice try.
Kenji Fujimori
You have to actually watch the whole thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLmQ57mEGFs
lincolnman
Both are documented liars; "Your President is not a cook", and "I had nothing to do with the memo written by Don Jr that falsely claimed the meeting with Russians in Trump Tower was about adoptions"...
I would agree with you on one count - they were different in that Nixon was faithful to his (one) wife....
Matt Hartwell
I wonder if anything will come of prison reform and legal reform in the U.S
Its not the first time Trump has got advice on it from the African American community, but is he going to take any sort of action, especially on sentencing which is really just bizarre in some cases imo.
Ah_so
Another absurdly rich and deluded man who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the White House.
Toasted Heretic
Interestingly, those partisans who support this meeting of melted minds are precisely the sort who don't listen to or comprehend hip-hop.
I won't be chucking my Kanye collection, though. There's a fine line between madness and genius, always.
Hmm. So that's what MAGA means.
As for poor old Ye himself, his message is deeply confused and ill-informed. He may be delighting the Trump propagandists but he's hardly Lord Haw-Haw. Yet.
Serrano
How dare Kanye step off the Democrat Plantation!
Silvafan
He is bi-polar. Who knows if he is always taking his meds? Enough said!
Serrano
So many liberals trying to pass Kanye off as mentally ill. They're angry that they're being exposed as the real racists.
FizzBit
What a weird comment.
Bi-polar?
So was Frank Sinatra, Kurt Cobain, Vincent Van Gogh, Ted Turner, Brian Wilson, Beethoven, and many many more people who you apparently have respect for.
So what’s gonna be your next cheap shot?
Toasted Heretic
I don't think anyone has a problem with his alleged bi-polar disorder. It's rather his offensive comments and complete lack of historical knowledge that rankles.
Basically, it's two badly-educated narcissistic trolls sounding out each other. Except one is undoubtedly a talented artist and the other is a con-man.
Laguna
Yes - who you apparently have respect for. I just have this sneaky suspicion that Trump allows West access due to his race. Obviously, we've never seen a conversation between the two off camera - it's all imaging. And to utilize a clearly ill man for his own purposes is just something Trump would do.
lostrune2
Celebrities and politics do mix!
Serrano
The guy is the most awarded Grammy winner in history, but nevertheless, now he's derided as mentally ill. Folks talk about him entirely differently now because he is a Trump supporter. It is wrong, and anybody pointing to the mental health of Kanye West is doing a disservice to mental health and the crisis in this country which Kanye himself talked about at the White House.
Serrano
Only 26 days until mid-term elections. Vote Republican Nov 6 2018, call family friends neighbors relatives, drive them to polls, help them with mail in ballots. Democrats favor illegal aliens over citizens, globalism over Americanism, guilty until proven innocent w/o evidence. Keep America great by voting Republican. I love Kanye West, he made more sense in 8 minutes than CNN / MSNBC has in 8 years.
lostrune2
"My sales are declining" -- Kanye
Serrano
Folks on CNN are freaking out right now. They're sending a posse out to round up Kanye, lol.
Serrano
At least Kanye cares about his country. More than you can say about his haters.
ClippetyClop
All you need is a cap and a chest thump to be a patriot. It fools the weak minded.
No wonderful oh my links for us today?
CrucialS
Kanye West only cares about Kanye West. Anyone who has ever listened to his songs or followed what he had done and said since his car accident launched him to fame knows that. He wears the hats and makes the statements because it draws publicity and for him publicity is his livelihood. He couldn't even string together rational thoughts in any of his statements.
Serrano
"He couldn't even string together rational thoughts in any of his statements."
Kanye was dripping huge nuggets of pure and golden wisdom from his mouth, of which the leftists might find too deep and profound, because he was speaking simple truths called wisdom. To those on the Left, he's speaking a foreign language, and any leftist watching will need to employ an interpreter.
mtuffizi
what a match! "insane".
starpunk
Prince had TALENT and he was largely self-taught. Kayne is an obnoxious blubbering idiot who loves the limelight and who doesn't know what he's talking about. Obama said he's a 'jackass' and that's correct.
Prince had TALENT and he was largely self-taught. Kayne is an obnoxious blubbering idiot who loves the limelight and who doesn't know what he's talking about. Obama said he's a 'jackass' and that's correct.
Kayne is sick in many ways and he is Traitortrump's dog.
starpunk
CORRECTION
There are more bipolar celebrities - Lily Allen, Adam Ant, Carrie Fisher, Art Buchwald, Robert Burns, Rosemary Clooney, Akio Chiba, Francis Ford Coppola, Demi Lovato, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sir Ray Davies of the Kinks, Richard Dreyfuss, Connie Francis, Sia, Terry Hall of the Specials, Linda Hamilton, Halsey, Mariette Hartley, Rumer, Jang Geun-suk, Wiz Khalifa, Vivien Leigh, Kristy McNichol, Margaret Trudeau, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Townes Van Zandt, Scott Weiland, Peter Wendt and Peter Gabriel. They have all been successful and have fulfilling lives.
Kayne is sick in many ways and he is Traitortrump's dog.
Kobe White Bar Owner
Rightwing racist trump getting seen with a famous black guy, end of.
p.s and both a few cans short of a six pack.
Silvafan
@Fizzbit
That's not weird at all! He also said being bi-polar is a superpower like wearing the MAGAZINE hat.
Common signs and symptoms of mania include:
Feeling unusually “high” and optimistic OR extremely irritable
Unrealistic, grandiose beliefs about one’s abilities or powers
Sleeping very little, but feeling extremely energetic
Talking so rapidly that others can’t keep up
Racing thoughts; jumping quickly from one idea to the next
Highly distractible, unable to concentrate
Impaired judgment and impulsiveness
Acting recklessly without thinking about the consequences
Delusions and hallucinations (in severe cases)
Anyone with any real experience with bi-polar disorder knows that unchecked, it could lead to serious health issues for themselves down the line in the future. Not to mention, the effects could also cause problems with friends and family.
I don't care if a person is a celebrity or not. Refusing treatment for mental health issues is irresponsible. People taking advantage of others suffering from mental issues are low-lifes.
The same can be said for those that support such actions!
Numan
This was Dump's answer to Taylor Swift encouraging people to vote.
FOX usually condemns entertainers as not being in-touch when they criticize Trump or support Democrats. What is FOX’s opinion of West?
Dump doesn't much care where the adulation comes from, so long as it keeps coming. Taking advantage of people with mental illness is a low-life behavior.
bass4funk
No, the difference is and like with other stars on the left they have no idea what they are talking about.
Kanye rattles, this is very true and even so, Kanye does say things that perfectly make sense. Blacks are not a monolithic group that follow the slave Democrat narrative, the left can't afford to have even 5% of the Black vote leave them, if that were to happen it would be extremely difficult for Democrats to win elections, therefore and once again, the left will try in vain to demonize and discredit one of the most popular and influential and richest Black artists on the planet, a man with a lot of power and a lot of outreach, so I get why Don Lemon has to push back, Kanye is a threat, a very serious threat and Kanye is saying, you do have a choice and you are allowed to have an opinion and not follow the left in lockstep.
But who will take care of all the mentally ill Democrats? Who's going to pay for their medical bills?
Andrew Topolski
Amusing. The Democrats appear to be upset about the fact one of the herd seems to have woken up and left the plantation. Hypocrisy at it's best, if Kanye was spouting the liberal marxism ideology of the Democrats they would be calling him hero not uncle tom
bass4funk
Bingo.
Silvafan
Thanks Numan!
White House Aides 'Hugely Embarrassed' By Trump's Lunch With Kanye: NYT Reporter
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-aides-apos-hugely-181018588.html
bass4funk
Ahhh, the NYT, well then we don't have to pay much attention to it.
Chip Star
Nope, his doctors are "passing him off" as mentally ill.
Only liberal stars have no idea what they are talking about. Suuuure. Right wing nutjobs like Eastwood and his empty chair bit or Kanye and his nonsense make the most ingnoramg liberals look like geniuses.
Asks the guy that thinks more mental health facilities (asylums in his words) is the answer to firearm violence.
Stay in the bubble! Stay in the bubble!
starpunk
Yes! I had a terrific girlfriend in college who had been diagnosed as bipolar since she was 14. It resulted from her hormones and puberty as she was growing up. It caused her great difficulties in her life - she couldn't work, drive, much of anything. I was helpless when we were dating and her moods went haywire. She was misunderstood and manipulated by so many people in her life and she finally took her own life in Dec. 2016. I am still shocked and I still have crying spells about this. It's tragic.
And those who take advantage of those suffering from mental issues are the **lowest forms of life in the entire universe! They are TRASH**.
Don't forget - Dump openly made fun of a journalist who's wheelchair-bound. Physically disabled. Notice that ex-Pres. George41 didn't invite this obnoxious cretin to his wife Barbara's funeral. Every living former President (except Jimmy Carter - he and his wife are both seriously ill) and their wives - from Bill Clinton to Barack Obama, and even Melania Trump herself, posed around George41 in a now-iconic viral picture. George41 don't need any juvenile lip from that immature pompous fool so he didn't invite him.
People who make fun of and/or take advantage of people with any kind of disabilities or illness are scum. And Spankee Boy Donald Douchebag Traitor is a low-life to the MAX.
Silvafan
@bass4funk
LOL! They have more credibility than Dump!
The New York Times used a full page to print 'Trump's lies' since taking office
https://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-times-used-full-page-to-print-all-trump-lies-since-taking-office-2017-6
I could care less about who he supports. The erratic behavior and random speeches he gives is what's in question. He can support whomever he wants. Mental health issues appear to be in question since the passing of his mother. Denying his mental illness puts himself and those around him in danger!
People who exploit others with mental illness are low-lifes!
The same can be said for those that support such actions!
bass4funk
That empty chair has Trump in it now.
Unlike Kathy Griffin that would benefit from going to one, at least Kanye didn't shoot anyone.
That's why they stopped printing because people were really into their credibility. lol
A paper with a 22% credibility, nice to know.
Apparently, you don't listen to Joe and Mika
Funny, but No one on the left thought that in 2005 when he criticized Bush and telling the world that he hates Black people, he was put on a pedestal. No one questioned his mental sanity then. You guys are leaving prints now.
starpunk
Oh yes they did. He blurted that out while he was in an ad with David Spade to promote Hurricane Katrina relief. He said it right out of the blue and he got some flak for it. It was not a political ad and Kayne's outburst got some criticism from the right and the left.
bass4funk
Mike Myers.
Yes and that died down so quick, but at the same time, he received more love and praises for it.
Oh, doesn't matter political or not, it's just that Kanye supports Trump and the left doesn't like it one bit and so they have to discredit one of the most influential rappers of our time.
Serrano
"Kayne is sick in many ways and he is Traitortrump's dog."
Wrong.
What I got out of this was Kanye sending a clear message that it's OK to be who you are, and have your views. The retaliation shown in the media against President Trump, and others within his administration is also played out among private citizens, who most are still unable to even voice that they voted for President Trump. This might open the doors of communication. It's a start, considering that most entertainers are afraid to go against the Leftist dictate against President Trump, for fear of being black listed.
Silvafan
@bass4funk
LOL! That's rich coming from someone supporting a 60% disapproval rated President who made fun of a sexual assault victim, a POW, and a person with disabilities. The same President who has lied over 5,000 times since coming into office. Where is the President's credibility?
He lied just recently:
On top of that, he decided to exploit someone suffering from mental illness who is refusing treatment.
People who exploit others with mental illness are low-lifes!
The same can be said for those that support such actions!
bass4funk
Liberals try and try and try...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-heres-one-reason-trumps-average-approval-rating-is-going-up/
On Labor Day 2017, the polls were dismal for President Trump -- according to Real Clear Politics, his average approval rating was 38.5 percent, and his disapproval rating on average was 56.5 —18 points under water. But after a year of Robert Mueller investigation headlines, porn-star payoffs and strange Twitter rants, Trump's numbers are…**up: 42 percent approve, 54 percent disapprove. Not great numbers, but an improvement.**
A year of virtually non-stop negative media attacks and self-inflicted political wounds, and the president is more popular? How does that happen? To quote Joe Biden from the 2008 campaign trail, "It all comes down to one three-letter word: 'Jobs.'"
The economy and as James Carville said, "it's the economy stupid"
Pelosi?
Well, then you need to give up liberalism entirely and everyone you pretty much see on TV.
bass4funk
A paper with a 22% credibility, nice....
Silvafan
@bass4funk
LOL! It seem dishonest people try and try too!
They were talking about the economy only in your article. Here something more relevant from Sept. 11, 2018:
It's not just CNN's poll. All polling shows Trump's approval rating dropping.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/11/politics/trump-approval-rating-dropped/index.html
Sneezy
Who did Kathy Griffin shoot?
Silvafan
LOL! But you believe a president with less credibility, nicer....!
Silvafan
All False statements involving Donald Trump
https://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/statements/byruling/false/
Ha!
myke001
Kanye’s mother is rolling in her gave. She was a published professor of African American studies, her son to debased himself, his community and our history. I can see why so many white people loved watching this freak show. And they wondered why Obama called him a Jackass in 2009....he knew
Serrano
Kayne has guts and cares about his country.
Tucker Carlson on how Kanye exposed the left's war on men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjsi7mHbGEI
mukashiyokatta
People of Florida and Georgia -- what say you??
yakyak
Concerned Citizen
Who cares what entertainment celebs think about politics and social issues. I'm tired of hearing from them. They live in a different universe (often corrupt) than the rest of us and can rarely see and feel the daily struggles of the working class.
Serrano
There's a change in the air. Can you feel it? MAGA
madmanmunt
Kanye is doing more for the Black community than Obama could ever have dreamed of!
Mocheake
That boy is straight looney tunes.
Andy
So much in common, they both love a Kim.
Slickdrifter
@smithinjapan- Ted Nugent is not a racsist. I know him. I have broken bread with him. You do not know him. Ted Nugent is a decent family man and a Patriot. You may not agree with his politics or his stance on guns or the NRA. Or whatever you hate and distain you have for him. But the man is just a blue collar rocker. He is no racisit.
Slickdrifter
I would agree with most here that West is an absoulte-idiot, moron, dolt, halfwit, dunce, dullard, simpleton, nincompoop, blockhead, ignoramus and a clod.
He's an imbecile in other words. Let's face it. He's out there.
But I would also agree he is harmless and wants to make Chigago non violent and great again.
spektral
pushed or seduced?
haha this part made me giggle...even Trump was getting fed up with so much nonsense...unbelievable! xD
Serrano
"The circus comes to town....."
Nah, the circus left when Kavanaugh was confirmed.
Serrano
"Kanye’s mother is rolling in her gave ( grave, right, myke001? )
The Democrats haven't been this angry since the Republicans took away their slaves.
Serrano
CNN's Don lemon owes Kanye an apology for talking about his deceased mother. That was low down.