# Kanye West signals intent to run for presidency **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 5, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362 "2020-07-05T04:45:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/5 "2020-07-05T05:37:17Z")
Understandably, there have been prior threads on SD labelling El Prez as Zaphod Beeblebrox and now we have two of ‘em to split the ticket. Might Trump continue with the HHGTTG references and emulate [Hotblack Desiato](https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Hotblack_Desiato) to avoid incitement post Presidency? Who’s next? Draft Oprah or John Stewart? No mail in voting but polling by tweet? Lost.The.Plot. > [@Donald Trump is Zaphod Beeblebrox!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-zaphod-beeblebrox/756301): > > [Work with me](http://www.salon.com/2016/05/31/trump_wants_revenge_his_hunger_to_be_president_is_all_about_gaining_power_to_settle_petty_personal_scores/) on this. “I’ll build a hyperspace bypass, and I’ll make Earth pay for it!” “One of the major difficulties Ivana experienced in her relationship with Donald was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid just to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid because he couldn’t be bothered to think and wanted someone else to do it for him, pretending to be outrageously stupid to hide the fact that he actually didn’t understand what was going on, and really bei… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362)._