Hip-hop superstar Kanye West tweeted a photo of himself wearing President Trump’s signature “Make America Great Again” hat Wednesday.
West captioned the photo, “we got love.”
we got love pic.twitter.com/Edk0WGscp6
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
my MAGA hat is signed pic.twitter.com/DrDHJybS8V
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
President Trump responded to West’s tweets shortly after the hat picture was posted:
Thank you Kanye, very cool! https://t.co/vRIC87M21X
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 25, 2018
The rapper also said on Wednesday that he didn’t agree with everything the president did, but nevertheless has voiced some support for him.
my wife just called me and she wanted me to make this clear to everyone. I don’t agree with everything Trump does. I don’t agree 100% with anyone but myself.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
Free thinkers don’t fear retaliation for your thoughts. The traditional thinkers are only using thoughts and words but they are in a mental prison. You are free. You’ve already won. Feel energized. Move in love not fear. Be afraid of nothing.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
You don’t have to agree with trump but the mob can’t make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone. I don’t agree with everything anyone does. That’s what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
If your friend jumps off the bridge you don’t have to do the same. Ye being Ye is a fight for you to be you. For people In my life the idea of Trump is pretty much a 50 50 split but I don’t tell a Hillary supporter not to support Hillary
I love Hillary too.— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
I love when people have their own ideas. You don’t have to be allowed anymore. Just be.
Love who you want to love. That’s free thought. I’m not even political. I’m not a democrat or a republican
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
And also I’m all the way out the sunken place. And I’m not scared anymore. I’m not scared of the media. I’m not scared of the past and I’m optimistic about the future. This tweet is in love not fear.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
with love I am invincible. Truth is subjective but love is the most powerful force in the world and the world needs to express more of it.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
Kanye also tweeted his support for over the weekend for Candance Owens, a black pro-Trump commentator. (RELATED: Kanye West Tweets Support For Conservative Woman, Blasts ‘Self Victimization’)
West has faced some criticism for his recent tweets that voice support for conservatives. Some activists associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, like Shaun King, have attacked Kanye and Owens for saying what “bigoted white folk love to hear.”
The Trump support comes as a surprise for many, however, Trump and West have known each other for a while. In December 2016, Trump and Kanye had a meeting in Trump Tower.
Trump told a gaggle of reporters at the time that the two discussed “life.”