# Kanye's white house appearance **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 12, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865 "2018-10-12T17:13:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/21 "2018-10-12T23:10:00Z")
Fifteen years ago, if someone had told you that President of the United States Donald Trump would meet Kim Jong Un and Kanye West in the same year…well… Interesting times. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/22 "2018-10-12T23:54:44Z")
Only his friends can call him Ye. Everyone else should address him as Mr. St. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/23 "2018-10-13T00:05:23Z")
He’s an idiot. Not sure if he’s cray-cray or on something pharmaceutical in nature. Or, God forbid, both. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/24 "2018-10-13T00:31:06Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > lol a lot of the L.A expats around here have started calling him ol 'uncle tom ……. Uncle Tom had dignity and reason, Kanye? Not so much. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/25 "2018-10-13T00:55:55Z")
Hey I hated Kanye before it was cool, damnit! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/26 "2018-10-13T01:06:52Z")
I think Trump just ate that gush shit up. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/27 "2018-10-13T02:55:21Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > I think there’s reasons to give no mind to Kanye West, but being “mentally ill” isn’t one of them. He’s obviously functional enough pull off things most “normal” people could only dream of. I think you are imagining mental illness as just being on one spectrum, it doesn’t work like that. A person could be doing very well at their job _and_ be all the crazy in a way that’s about to destroy their whole life (figuratively if not literally). Kanye “Ye” fits into that category based on this appearance, but maybe he has a great support network that stops him trying to start a war on fairies, or command the ocean to recede. > [@](#): > > Fact is, 1 in 4 people have some form of mental illness in their lives. That, in and of itself, should not disqualify someone for having an opinion. Of course not, and I am someone who has suffered mental illness myself (depression). His opinions were stupid because they were stupid. Not just wilfull ignorance like Trump, Kanye’s thoughts seemed evidence to me of a consciousness unable to walk in a straight line for more than a few seconds. > [@](#): > > If I don’t pay attention to Kanye, (and I don’t, I’m not going to bother listening to that press conference) it’s because I don’t think celebrity and artistic talent endows one with any special opinion on politics. I think we give celebrity for too much credit. Agreed. Although if anybody had been in the oval office and said those things, I’d be commenting on it. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/28 "2018-10-13T15:27:49Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > The Venn diagram featuring “Kanye West fans” and “Trump supporters” does not intersect. Yes, it does. The intersection has one member: Kanye West. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/29 "2018-10-13T16:14:55Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Yes, it does. The intersection has one member: Kanye West. Also my wacky Trump-supporting former classmate, who just changed her profile pic to Kanye in a MAGA hat. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/30 "2018-10-13T16:40:44Z")
Just another instance showing Trump’s lack of reason and good sense. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/31 "2018-10-13T17:02:06Z")
It’s a shame Manson died before his invite to the WH. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/32 "2018-10-14T13:16:31Z")
This is as crazy as President Trump’s campaign. It’s worthy of the same ridicule and outright dismissal as an effective maneuver. It makes no sense. Insane. Embarrassing. Unhinged. Can’t work. . ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/33 "2018-10-14T14:46:44Z")
I was surprised that West wasn’t grabbed by the Secret Service when he went around the desk to Trump. It probably took them by surprise, and I’d imagine there were some off-camera moves in that general direction before they realized there was no danger. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/34 "2018-10-14T15:22:44Z")
I am anticipating a tweet that our beloved leader will henceforth be known as President Ump. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/35 "2018-10-14T16:53:48Z")
I think it’s safe to say that few on this board are capable of predicting how any of the methodologies employed by President Trump will or will not succeed, since they all do, but they are all seen as whacko. (here). . ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/36 "2018-10-14T17:10:36Z")
Ah excellent. I hear factoids like Trump’s foreign policy “successes” but I never get a chance to actually a believer what they are. So **Philster** , what things have succeeded? I’ll give you GDP + stock market growth, as long as you are willing to admit the growth rate is basically the same as it was under Obama. Anything else? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/37 "2018-10-14T17:40:41Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > It finally happened. For once Donald wasn’t the stupidest or craziest person in the room. Can you imagine Obama hosting someone like KW in the White House in front of a live audience? Shows how far the office of the US Presidency has fallen. The rest of the world is truly laughing at us… IIRC, didn’t Obama once refer to Kanye as a jackass? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/38 "2018-10-15T15:37:51Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > It’s a shame Manson died before his invite to the WH. Wow, Kanye is on similar footing as Charlie? I mean, they’re both D-bags, but I kinda thought Charlie was, like, way worse. (still wouldn’t have shocked me if The Don had sent an invite, though) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/39 "2018-10-15T15:56:49Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Wow, Kanye is on similar footing as Charlie? I mean, they’re both D-bags, but I kinda thought Charlie was, like, way worse. (still wouldn’t have shocked me if The Don had sent an invite, though) I don’t think Charlie’s behavior would have been all that different than Kanye’s. Some ranting, wearing a gimme cap, maybe some “locker room talk” with trump. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865/40 "2018-10-15T16:10:28Z")
Somebody needs to photoshop a MAGA hat onto a particularly crazy Manson pic. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanyes-white-house-appearance/822865.md?page=1)