Having already expressed, a month ago, her support for Donald Trump, the rapper Nicki Minaj declares today “the president’s first fan” of the United States.
“I am probably the first fan of the president and that isn’t going to change.” These statements were clearly articulated by Nicki Minaj, this Wednesday, January 28, when the 43-year-old rapper and pop star joined on stage Donald Trump at a Washington event devoted to the launch of the “Trump Accounts,” the idea of giving every newborn a bank account with $1,000.
Having promised to personally contribute to this new measure, Nicki Minaj accepted his invitation to address the press. “The hate or what people say doesn’t touch me at all, she then declared. In fact, this motivates me to support him even more.” And to denounce an “unfair” harassment toward Donald Trump, claiming that he has “a lot of strength behind him” and that “God protects him”, before concluding her remarks with an “amen”. The President of the United States then takes the singer’s hand, as if to seal their ideological alliance.
Nicki Minaj already pro-Trump
Leaving little room for interpretation, this statement by Nicki Minaj is not a total surprise. In December, the artist appeared on stage alongside Erika Kirk – the widow of Charlie Kirk, the reactionary influencer killed in September – as part of AmericaFest, the annual rally organized by the far-right MAGA (“Make America Great Again,” the slogan of the Trumpists), as a first gesture of defiance toward her progressive fans. In the wake of this, the rapper saw her follower count drop on Instagram, losing about 10 million followers, before deleting her account. To symbolically distance herself from the one they regarded as their idol, fans went so far as to organize “funerals” of her career. Nicky Doll, whose drag name references the rapper, had also posted a story to express disappointment.
It’s super fucking embarrassing watching Nicki Minaj kiss Donald Trump’s ass to get a pardon for her husband and her brother. pic.twitter.com/8lHTnNfHdP
— Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis) January 28, 2026
The reaffirmed support of the Trinidad and Tobago-born star, who has retained her nationality, shocks all the more because it comes in the context of the violent crackdown on migrants currently carried out by the immigration police (ICE) under Donald Trump. In the wake of this, Nicki Minaj actually showcased on X her “Gold Card,” a visa that guarantees a right of residence on American soil, available for the modest sum of one million dollars. Inaugurated by Donald Trump, this “Golden Card” accelerates, for the happy few who receive it, the process of obtaining American citizenship.
Many fans of the star recall that Nicki Minaj has made a 180-degree ideological shift. During Donald Trump’s first term, she had condemned in 2018 the brutality of his anti-immigration policy. The following year, the rapper refused to participate in a concert in Saudi Arabia after the arrest of feminist Loujain al-Hathloul. “I think it’s important for me to clarify my support for women’s rights, the LGBTQ community and freedom of expression”, said the one who appeared in 2020 as a guest judge on the show RuPaul’s Drag Race. RIP, ally Minaj.
