{"id":219408,"date":"2026-01-28T20:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/nicki-minaj-i-am-donald-trumps-number-1-fan\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T20:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:06:13","slug":"nicki-minaj-i-am-donald-trumps-number-1-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/nicki-minaj-i-am-donald-trumps-number-1-fan\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicki Minaj: I Am Donald Trump&#8217;s Number 1 Fan!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Who is Donald Trump\u2019s biggest fan?<\/p>\n<p>According to Nicki Minaj, it\u2019s none other than Nicki Minaj.<\/p>\n<p>Following her cringe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/12\/nicki-minaj-bizarrely-jokes-about-assassin-jd-vance-while-on-stage-with-erika-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sit-down with Erika Kirk<\/a> and her more recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/01\/nicki-minaj-homophobic-don-lemon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">homophobic tirade at Don Lemon<\/a>, this is no longer a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>But getting invited up to the podium to speak at a US Treasury event was a surprise \u2014 even to Minaj herself.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_07-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Nicki Minaj at a podium by Donald Trump.\" class=\"wp-image-546760 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_07-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_07-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_07-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_07-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_07-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_07-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_07-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_07.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_07.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Next to Donald Trump on stage, Nicki Minaj addresses the room.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: C-SPAN)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-she-began-at-a-loss-for-words-but-it-all-went-south-from-there\">She began at a loss for words (but it all went south from there)<\/h2>\n<p>On Wednesday, January 28, Minaj attended an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fbsKAhAES3k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">event<\/a> for the US Treasury to to promote something called \u201cTrump Accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Standing at the podium, Trump gushed about the rapper and how much money she allegedly makes.<\/p>\n<p>He then invited Minaj to join him on the stage.<\/p>\n<p>This was, it seems, as unplanned as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-ally-shocked-at-presidents-psychological-state-in-private-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doddering old man<\/a> getting up mid-conversation to stare out a window at a construction project.<\/p>\n<p>At first, Minaj seemed to be unsure of what to say. Soon, however, she came up with a crowd-pleaser.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nicki Minaj at President Trump&#039;s Summit: &quot;I am probably the president&#039;s number one fan.&quot;\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fbsKAhAES3k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI am probably the president\u2019s number one fan,\u201d Minaj raved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd,\u201d she vowed, \u201cthat is not going to change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You know what? We believe that it\u2019s not going to change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018hate\u2019 does not affect me,\u201d Minaj announced in what we\u2019re sure that she imagined was a defiant tone.<\/p>\n<p>She then taunted: \u201cIt actually motivates me to support him more.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Donald Trump and Nicki Minaj hold hands.\" class=\"wp-image-546759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Donald Trump and Nicki Minaj hold hands.\" class=\"wp-image-546759 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_06.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Donald Trump invited Nicki Minaj to join him on stage, to the surprise of everyone present.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: C-SPAN)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-m-gonna-let-those-nails-grow\">\u2018I\u2019m gonna let those nails grow\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Donald Trump doesn\u2019t seem to know much about the singer or her music.<\/p>\n<p>(And, honestly, when did she last release a bop or even a song worth knowing about?)<\/p>\n<p>However, he gushed in appreciation for Minaj\u2019s nails.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018I\u2019m gonna let my nails grow,\u2019 because I love those nails,\u201d he told the audience. \u201cI\u2019m gonna let those nails grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t expect him to follow through. However, given that MAGA folks were wearing diapers in defiance of criticism of Trump a couple of years ago, we briefly allow ourselves to picture diehard MAGA men wearing long nails just like their beloved leader.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Nicki Minaj and Donald Trump on stage.\" class=\"wp-image-546761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Nicki Minaj and Donald Trump on stage.\" class=\"wp-image-546761 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0128_nickiminaj_08.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Standing beside a beaming Donald Trump, Nicki Minaj makes an awkward departure from the stage.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: C-SPAN)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Obviously, a lot of people have questions about Minaj\u2019s seemingly sudden shift to the fringe right of American politics.<\/p>\n<p>She famously chatted with Christian nationalist Erika Kirk and cannot seem to stop raving about Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Some believe that this is a simple right-wing grift, which we\u2019ve seen countless times before.<\/p>\n<p>Others believe that this is about Minaj\u2019s citizenship (or lack thereof) or about her registered sex offender husband or about her imprisoned sexual predator brother.<\/p>\n<p>Becoming a sycophant in exchange for political favors is the sort of bold-faced corruption that\u2019s pretty standard in MAGA world. However, Minaj\u2019s whole situation doesn\u2019t seem that simple.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Nicki Minaj Threw It All Away For Fascism\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lkbqdgvpNQE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happened-to-nicki-minaj\">What happened to Nicki Minaj?<\/h2>\n<p>As hard as this is to say, especially for those of us who were fans of some of her music (albeit many years ago), we don\u2019t think that Minaj herself has really changed. This is who she is, and who she was.<\/p>\n<p>We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lkbqdgvpNQE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">linked<\/a> that Matt Bernstein piece above because it is a thorough and informative rundown of why a once-celebrated music star is now shilling for MAGA world like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/06\/riley-gaines-pregnant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sub-par swimmer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But Minaj has always been the sort of woman to pull up the ladder behind her when it comes to other women in her industry. And yes, there have been red flags about her being surprisingly anti-LGBTQ+ for <em>years<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe some things recently \u2014 the predators in her life, her weird beef with Gavin Newsom (nobody likes the guy but her reason is weird), and her anti-vax nonsense \u2014 have pushed her further into this abyss. But this is who she is.<\/p>\n<p>Minaj built her fanbase primarily upon Black queer fans. She\u2019s now done with them, and is publicly singing the praises of their enemies.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/01\/nicki-minaj-donald-trump-number-one-fan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Who is Donald Trump\u2019s biggest fan? According to Nicki Minaj, it\u2019s none other than Nicki Minaj. Following her cringe sit-down with Erika Kirk and her more recent homophobic tirade at Don Lemon, this is no longer a surprise. But getting invited up to the podium to speak at a US Treasury [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-219408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}