So many things have completely changed in just one short month. The Russians are the bad guys again. Questioning the results of an election is patriotic again. Our time-tested system of checks and balances is sacred again. And a president meeting with a celebrity is, at long last, bad again.
Kanye West met with Donald Trump at Trump Tower, and it’s all people can talk about.
The 39-year-old rapper — who was released from the hospital less than two weeks ago after he had a nervous breakdown — sat down with the president-elect for an approximately 15 minutes on Tuesday to discuss “life,” Trump said.
And Dems aren’t happy:
Trump too busy to discuss his business conflicts or get intel briefings.
Plenty of time for Yeezy though. https://t.co/Bm4eiZct2e
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 13, 2016
lord https://t.co/pTCMzj5zeX pic.twitter.com/wqHYC2ciLl
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) December 13, 2016
Donald Trump will not attend daily intelligence briefings. But Donald Trump will have early morning meetings with Kanye West. Word.
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) December 13, 2016
OMG, I literally can’t even. What the hell is the next President of the United States doing, hanging around w–
Ahem. As I was saying, I can’t believe we elected a guy who–
Okay, yeah, but that’s different because–
Look, just–
Yeah, I–
Would y–
ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, WE GET IT!!!
Sheesh…
Hmmm. Now that I think about it, maybe having a celebrity president in the White House for eight long years could have some unintended consequences. Now, people think this is just the sort of thing a president does. That’s why we’ve gone from a president who guests on reality shows to one who hosts them.
I don’t like it when Obama does this crap. I’m sure I won’t like it when Trump does it. But it’s a little late to suddenly start complaining about it. You had your chance to nominate and elect serious candidates, America, and you failed. Three times in a row.
Show business is predominantly liberal, but more importantly, it’s idolatrous. Celebrities and politicians have been nuzzling each other adoringly for the better part of a decade:
You normalized it. Now you have to deal with it.
As for why Kanye and Donald were meeting this morning? I think we all know the answer to that:
Congratulations to @KanyeWest, our next Secretary of Demolition. pic.twitter.com/5FUAYd5AU7
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) December 13, 2016