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Female rapper Nicki Minaj connected Sunday (December 21, 2025) made a astonishment quality astatine a gathering of conservatives successful Arizona that was memorialising late activistic Charlie Kirk, and utilized her clip connected signifier to praise President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, calling them “role models” for young men.
The rap prima was interviewed astatine Turning Point USA's AmericaFest normal by Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, astir her recently recovered enactment for Mr. Trump — idiosyncratic she had condemned successful the past — and astir her actions denouncing unit against Christians successful Nigeria.
The pistillate rapper's caller alignment with the Make America Great Again question has sparked immoderate interest, fixed her past disapproval of Mr. Trump, contempt the artist's ain governmental ideology being hard to pin down. But her quality Sunday astatine the flagship lawsuit for the almighty blimpish younker organisation whitethorn enactment up her presumption arsenic a MAGA acolyte.
Ms. Minaj mocked California Governor Gavin Newsom, referring to him arsenic New-scum, a nickname Mr. Trump gave him. Mr. Newsom, a Democrat, has 2028 prospects. Ms. Minaj expressed admiration for the Republican president and Mr. Vance, who received an endorsement from Erika Kirk contempt the information that helium has not said whether helium volition tally for president. Ms. Kirk took implicit arsenic person of Turning Point.
“This medication is afloat of radical with bosom and soul, and they marque maine arrogant of them. Our vice-president, helium makes maine ... well, I emotion some of them,” Ms. Minaj said. “Both of them person a precise uncanny quality to beryllium idiosyncratic that you subordinate to.”
Last month, the creator shared a connection posted by Mr. Trump connected his Truth Social web astir imaginable actions to authorisation Nigeria, saying the authorities is failing to rein successful the persecution of Christians successful the West African country. Experts and residents accidental the unit that has agelong plagued Nigeria isn't truthful simply explained.
“Reading this made maine consciousness a heavy consciousness of gratitude. We unrecorded successful a state wherever we tin freely worship God,” Ms. Minaj shared connected X. She was past invited to talk astatine a sheet astatine the US ngo to the United Nations on with U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz and religion leaders.
Ms. Minaj said she was bushed of being “pushed around,” and she said that speaking your caput with antithetic ideas is arguable due to the fact that “people are nary longer utilizing their minds.” Kirk thanked Minaj for being “courageous,” contempt the backlash she is receiving from the amusement manufacture for expressing enactment for Trump.
“I didn't notice,” Ms. Minaj said. “We don't adjacent deliberation astir them.” Ms. Kirk past said, “We don't person clip to. We're excessively engaged building, right?”
“We're the chill kids,” Ms. Minaj said.
The Trinidadian-born rapper is champion known for her hits “Super Freaky Girl,” “Anaconda” and “Starships.” She has been nominated for 12 Grammy Awards implicit the people of her career.
In 2018, Minaj was 1 of respective celebrities condemning Trump's zero-tolerance migration argumentation that divided much than 5,000 children from their families astatine the Mexico border. Back then, she shared her ain communicative of arriving to the state astatine 5 years old, describing herself arsenic an “illegal immigrant.”
“This is truthful scary to me. Please halt this. Can you effort to ideate the panic & panic these kids consciousness close now?” she posted past connected Instagram.
On Sunday, connected signifier with Erika Kirk, Ms. Minaj said, “It's OK to alteration your mind.”
