President Donald Trump shared glowing remarks about Nicki Minaj during a White House Rose Garden luncheon, describing the rapper as “so hot and so great.”
While speaking at the event on Monday (July 6), Trump highlighted the Pink Friday 2 artist, who was among the guests in attendance. The luncheon came after a ceremony celebrating the official rollout of Trump Accounts, a new stock market investment account program created for children who are U.S. citizens. Minaj has shown strong support for the initiative, previously appearing at a promotional event for the accounts in January.
“We also have a woman that is so respected and so hot and so great, and such a great friend of—I don’t say conservative, I say of common sense. She’s not conservative or liberal or as they say now ‘progressive,’” Trump said around the 27-minute mark of the video below.
“But she’s a fantastic person and she’s a woman that’s respected by everybody, and she’s got real talent. Nicki Minaj. Nicki, stand up, please,” he added.
Minaj later shared highlights from her White House visit on her X account, including a photo of herself with Trump inside the Oval Office.
“Whoa!!!! #WhiteHouseBarbie with her favorite President of all time!!! [hands up emoji, American flag emoji, and heart emoji],” Minaj captioned the post.
The White House appearance further highlighted the public connection that has developed between Minaj and Trump since the rapper became a vocal supporter of him.
During the Trump Accounts Summit in January, Minaj said, “I am probably the president’s No. 1 fan. That’s not going to change, and the hate, or what people have to say, it does not affect me at all. It actually motivates me to support him more.”
She continued, “We’re not going to let them get away with bullying him and, you know, the smear campaigns: It’s not going to work, OK? He has a lot of force behind him, and God is protecting him. Amen.”
