.@kanyewest appears with Donald Trump at Trump Tower, says “I just wanted to take a picture” t.co/hBNZQlva7T
Kanye West was spotted walking into Trump Tower on December 13, and he later posed for pictures with President-Elect Donald Trump in the lobby.
“Just friends. Just friends. He’s a good man… He’s doing well. We’ve been friends for a long time,” Trump told reporters. After standing expressionless, West responded, “I just wanted to take a picture right now” as reporters peppered him with questions about whether he was going to perform at the inauguration or still run for president in 2020. “You take care of yourself. I’ll see you soon,” Trump told West. The two then shook hands.
E News reported that Trump wants to make West an entrepreneurial ambassador of sorts, but that was unconfirmed.
West caused a brief Twitterstorm when he was captured on video walking into the famous elevators inside the building where President-Elect Donald Trump has been entertaining Cabinet wannabes like a political version of The Apprentice.
The President-elect and @kanyewest stop by the Trump Tower lobby and take this photo (photo via pooler @chrisdonato)
West’s appearance at Trump Tower surprised the reporters who stake out the area to watch for dignitaries and get clues about the Trump cabinet.
JUST IN: Kanye West walks into Trump Tower t.co/84ClHD4MX3
THIS CAN’T BE PHOTOSHOPPED, GUYS: Video of #KanyeWest entering the Trump Tower lobby. Yes. THAT Kanye West.
#TrumpTowerWatch
On Twitter, the speculation was rampant, and the jokes flew.
Trump must think the “I met Kanye West I’m never going to jail” line is real.
Wow. Kanye West is at Trump tower. What are those two going to talk about ? Did Kim not feel like going ?
Others weren’t so thrilled.
It does make some sense because West made news previously by saying he supports Trump. Page Six reported that a fellow passenger on an airline overhead West saying back in March that he wasn’t going to vote for Trump, but he supports him. However, a West spokesman denied that report, and Page Six reported that West had donated money to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. His wife also posed for a famous selfie with Clinton.
West was in the background of that selfie:
I got my selfie!!! I really loved hearing her speak & hearing her goals for our country! #HillaryForPresident http://t.co/zGpdcGSZBD
Then, shortly after the election, West announced from a concert stage that he did not vote but, if he would have voted, it would have been for Trump.
West said of Trump at that concert, according to Politico, “There’s nonpolitical methods to speaking that I like, that I feel were very futuristic. And that style, and that method of communication, has proven that it can beat a politically correct way of communication.”