{"id":445672,"date":"2026-02-03T01:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445672\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T01:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:50:11","slug":"nicki-minaj-says-it-was-the-bullying-president-trump-faced-not-his-policies-that-made-her-step-into-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445672\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicki Minaj Says It Was the \u2018Bullying\u2019 President Trump Faced, Not His Policies, That Made Her Step Into Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an upcoming podcast appearance, Nicki Minaj<\/a> touches on why she\u2019s chosen to get more involved in conservative politics recently \u2014 revealing that it wasn\u2019t Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s policies, but the way he\u2019s \u201cbeen treated\u201d by the public that inspired her to start publicly supporting him.<\/p>\n

In preview clips reshared by the rapper on X<\/a> on Monday (Feb. 2), she answers questions from podcaster Katie Miller \u2014 whose full interview with Minaj drops Tuesday \u2014 about why she felt politics is her calling right now. When asked which of the twice-impeached president\u2019s stances in particular motivated her, be it on immigration or \u201creligious freedom,\u201d Minaj replied, \u201cReligious freedom is something that\u2019s very important to me, but if I\u2019m being honest, President Trump \u2026 when I saw how he was being treated, over and over and over, I just couldn\u2019t handle it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI felt that a lot of that bullying and the smear campaigns and all of the lying, I felt that that had been done to me for so many years,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd I was watching it in real time happen to someone else, and I didn\u2019t think he deserved it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another clip posted to X<\/a>, Minaj elaborates on when she first started paying close attention to Trump\u2019s politics. \u201cDuring the last [presidential] campaign \u2026 I saw something, and I texted someone I knew right away, and I said, \u2018This is a mistake.\u2019 And I also said, \u2018All of this is making me want to get into politics,’\u201d the hitmaker told Miller, without revealing what it was she saw.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then there was something that happened a few months ago that, if I wasn\u2019t going to do it before,\u201d she continued cryptically, adding when asked for specifics, \u201cI don\u2019t want to talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI will say, sometimes people can push you so much, that they push you all the way into your next calling,\u201d Minaj added with a sly smile. \u201cThat\u2019s what happened with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Queens spitfire wrote of the latter video, \u201cYou guys are going to love this interview, Barbz. Here\u2019s a sneak peek.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rare podcast interview comes a few days after Minaj appeared alongside the POTUS at his Trump Accounts Summit, where the two embraced behind the podium and the musician declared<\/a>, \u201cI am probably the president\u2019s No. 1 fan.\u201d Shortly afterward, Minaj revealed on X that Trump had bestowed her with a Trump Gold Card, which requires the holder to make a $1,000,000 contribution plus a $15,000 processing fee, according to its website. The Gold Card also claims to serve as a \u201cvisa based upon an individual\u2019s ability to provide a substantial benefit to the United States,\u201d potentially expediting<\/a> the Trinidad-born artist\u2019s U.S. citizenship.<\/p>\n

Both Minaj and Trump were unhappy with the Grammys broadcast that took place afterward on Sunday (Feb. 1), during which host Trevor Noah ripped apart<\/a> their new alliance. Imitating the politician, the comedian theorized that Trump\u2019s conversation with Minaj went something like: \u201cActually, Nicki, I have the biggest a\u2013! I have it. Everybody\u2019s saying it, Nicki. I know they say it\u2019s you, but it\u2019s me! WAP WAP WAP.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rapper unleashed a series of angry posts on X after the fact, while Trump wrote<\/a> on Truth Social, \u201cThe Grammy Awards are the WORST, virtually unwatchable! CBS is lucky not to have this garbage litter their airwaves any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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