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Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> continued to mock Nicki Minaj <\/a>for her new friendship with Donald Trump<\/a>, with the comedian taking a few shots at the Queens rapper during the Thursday (Jan. 29) monologue of Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is exactly who ICE has been rounding up,\u201d Kimmel stated. Minaj has been open in the past about coming to the U.S. from Trinidad illegally<\/a> as a 5-year-old child.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut he invites her to the Oval Office. If you\u2019re Nicki Minaj and you pledge allegiance to Orange Julius, it\u2019s different, I guess. So different, in fact, that Nicki Minaj is now in possession of a Trump Gold Card,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

Minaj has been showering the president with praise in recent months, and she finally met him in person on Tuesday (Jan. 27) while attending the Trump Accounts Summit<\/a> in Washington, D.C. Trump returned the favor, hailing Nicki as the \u201cgreatest and most successful female rapper in history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicki got on the podium after a personal invite to the stage from Trump and called herself \u201cprobably the president\u2019s No. 1 fan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the summit, Minaj posted a photo of herself in possession of a Trump Gold Card<\/a>, which expedites the citizenship process. \u201cWelp\u2026,\u201d she wrote to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the\u00a0official website,\u00a0<\/a>the card requires a $1,000,000 \u201ccontribution\u201d plus a $15,000 \u201cDHS processing fee.\u201d The website adds that the gold card is a \u201cvisa based upon an individual\u2019s ability to provide a substantial benefit to the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kimmel believes Minaj and Trump had a quid pro quo arrangement for the gold card, rather than her coughing up the $1 million in cash.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut [Nicki] didn\u2019t buy one. She said she got it for free,\u201d he alleged. \u201c[Trump] gave it to her. She gets a gold card. He gets a famous Black friend. It\u2019s what you call the art of the deal. This is just nuts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kimmel even joked that Trump would give Minaj a nuclear weapon to take out rival Cardi B<\/a> if Nicki wanted it in exchange for her unwavering support of the president.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe can\u2019t just comp someone because she kisses his big white a\u2014,\u201d the late-night host continued. \u201cI mean, he really thinks that he owns the country. Is he going to start handing our stuff out now? \u2018Nicki, how do you like a monument? What do you want? Washington? No. Lincoln? Take a Lincoln. What about a nuclear weapon? You could use it on Cardi B.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Billboard has reached out to Nicki Minaj for comment.<\/p>\n

Nicki has continued to be a strong supporter of the Trump administration in recent months. She complimented Trump for threatening to\u00a0take military\u00a0action<\/a> in Nigeria, spoke at a\u00a0United Nations event\u00a0<\/a>and sat down with Erika Kirk at a December Turning Point USA event.<\/p>\n

Minaj also popped up at the premiere for Amazon\u2019s Melania documentary film, which follows the first lady, Melania Trump, on Thursday (Jan. 29).<\/p>\n

Watch Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s monologue below.<\/p>\n

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