POP CULTURE IS EATING ITS OWN TAIL
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After a week of odd tweets from Kanye West, gesturing towards newfound conservative political stances, pop culture finally ate its own tail today when President Trump tweeted about the rapper, who came back to Twitter in full force in the last week.

 

Trump's tweet followed a series of Tweet's today that seemed to endorse the president. In one, Kanye called him "my brother."

 

In others, Kanye appeared in a MAGA hat with Chairman of Universal Music group Lucian Grainge and YouTube's head of music Lyor Cohen. According to OpenSecrets.org, Cohen has donated thousands to Democrats in the past. Initially, some internet commenters suggested that Cohen's "okay" hand signal was an alt-right sign, but other pointed to Lyor's Israeli-Jewish heritage and the fact that he's been pictured before in other contexts making the gesture to counter the proposition.

 

 

Later, Kanye tweeted that he would be meeting with tech billionaire and Trump supporter Peter Thiel. BuzzFeed News reporter Ryan Mac tweeted that a source says "Peter Thiel and Kanye West have spoken in the past and there's mutual interest in meeting again."

 

In another tweet, Kanye tweeted a picture of a sign reading "KEEP AMERICA GREAT #KANYE2024." Without any context, the poster would suggest that Kanye wants to run for president, or that he's engaging in a very successful marketing campaign for his next album.

As Kanye was tweeting, his wife Kim Kardashian was also coming to the rapper's defense on Twitter, calling him "a free thinker." 

We'll add to this post as, well, Kanye keeps tweeting. 

<p>Benjamin Goggin is the News Editor at Digg.&nbsp;</p>

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