\u201cWe\u2019re not going to let them get away with bullying him and, you know, the smear campaigns, it\u2019s not going to work.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has a lot of force behind him, and God is protecting him. Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Minaj wore a thick floor-length white fur coat with a high collar, over a flowy light canary yellow dress.<\/p>\n
Trump kissed her on the cheek and held hands with her for 30 seconds as fellow celebrity guest speaker Kevin O\u2019Leary addressed attendees.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am going to let my nails grow, because I love those nails,\u201d Trump later joked, referring to Minaj\u2019s two-inch glittered nails.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s so good. She\u2019s been MAGA, what can I say? She\u2019s been with us all the way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Super Bass artist did not publicly endorse Trump during his three presidential campaigns.<\/p>\n
She had previously spoken out against his stance on immigration, saying she would not \u201cjump on the Donald Trump bandwagon\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI get that a lot of people don\u2019t like him for obvious reasons, but what stuck with me was the children being taken away from their parents when they came into this country,\u201d she said in a 2020 interview.<\/p>\n
She recalled her journey to America as an immigrant trying to \u201cescape poverty\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t imagine a little child going through all of that, trying to get to another country because they didn\u2019t have money in their country, or whether you\u2019re fleeing from war.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last month, the one-time American Idol judge made a surprise appearance at a Turning Point rally, sitting down for an interview with Erika Kirk, wife of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n
During the segment, she described Trump as \u201chandsome\u201d and \u201cdashing\u201d, adding that she had the \u201cutmost respect and admiration\u201d for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know if he even knows this but he\u2019s given so many people hope that there\u2019s a chance to beat the bad guys,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Minaj pledged up to US$300,000 ($494,600) to Trump Accounts, a pilot programme which will deposit US$1000 into an investment account for eligible children born from 2025 to 2028.<\/p>\n
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