Even Obama Chuckles at “Kanye for President”

When rapper Kanye West announced that he’s going to run for president in 2020, many people giggled it off as just a joke. Although we aren’t sure if this will truly happen, President Barack Obama heard the announcement as well. Let’s just say…POTUS shared a few laughs as well during a recent fundraiser in California.

Obama made light of the situation as he offered up three tips to Kanye West.

“First of all, you’ve got to spend a lot of time dealing with some strange characters who behave like they’re on a reality TV show,” Obama said. “So you’ve just to be cool with that.”

Tip No. 2 referenced West’s fifth studio album. “Saying that you have a ‘Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ – that’s what’s known as ‘off-message’ in politics,” Obama said. “You can’t say something like that. There are a lot of people who have lost their congressional seats saying things like that.”

Tip No. 3 hit the Chicago-raised West close to home. “Do you really think that this country is going to elect a black guy from the South Side of Chicago with a funny name to be president of the United States?” Obama asked. “That is crazy. That’s cray!”

Obama, aka POTUS, also joked that West has his own nickname for the person in the White House – Peezy (that’s someone who is really, really cool).

West also is thinking about running for speaker of the House, Obama cracked.

“Couldn’t get any stranger,” he said.

Source: AP