Nicki Minaj ‘could run for Congress’ after declaring herself Trump’s ‘number one fan’
Nicki Minaj has been vocal about her support for Donald Trump and a PR expert says she could pursue a political career, including running for Congress, after her recent MAGA turn
Nicki Minaj could go into politics(Image: Getty Images)
Nicki Minaj might be eyeing a future in politics as a “potential member of Congress” after backing Donald Trump, a PR specialist has suggested.
The 43-year-old may have once criticized Donald Trump’s administration, but things appear to have shifted dramatically. She’s now been outspoken in her endorsement of the president, even proclaiming herself his biggest supporter.
Minaj joined forces with Trump when she showed up at the Trump Accounts Summit on January 28 and later at the Melania documentary screening in Washington, DC. Given Minaj’s seeming shift toward MAGA, PR specialist Ryan McCormick thinks this could signal the rapper’s ambitions for a political path.
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Speaking to The Mirror US, the PR expert noted, “I think that Nicki could realistically pursue being a councilwoman, a mayor, or potential member of Congress. However, I doubt that it would be something she would want to pursue at the peak of her career.”
Offering insight into why Minaj might be drawn to politics, McCormick observed, “Nicki appears to feel a moral drive to influence people and to shape the world in a way she believes should be done.”
Nicki Minaj teamed up with Donald Trump(Image: Getty Images)
The communications specialist added, “I don’t know Ms. Minaj is necessarily doing this because she sees it as something that can help her career, because going into politics and taking any side always weakens your ability to maximize the greatest appeal.”
When asked about the potential for a political career, McCormick shared, “I believe that because Nicki has such strong fan-loyalty that people will come out and vote for her regardless of whether they believe in anything she says (and I think that she instinctively knows that).”
His remarks follow Minaj’s recent expression of support for Trump during an interview on Katie Miller’s podcast. The Side to Side singer lamented that the president is allegedly being “bullied” as she explained why she began backing him.
The rapper spoke out on Katie Miller’s podcast(Image: Katie Miller Podcast)
Miller posed the question to Minaj, “What issue specifically drew you in the most? Is it immigration, is it the economic policy, is it religious freedoms? What specifically answers that calling you talk about?”
Minaj replied, stating that “religious freedom is something that’s very important” to her. However, she confessed that this wasn’t the reason she chose to publicly back Trump and the MAGA movement.
“If I’m being honest, President Trump, yes, because when I saw how he was being treated over and over and over, I just couldn’t handle it,” Minaj disclosed. She continued, “Like, because I felt like that – like that bullying, the smear campaigns, and the lying, I felt like that had been done to me for so many years.”