President Trump heavily praised Nicki Minaj during a White House Rose Garden luncheon on Monday, July 6, 2026, calling her “so respected and so hot”.
“We also have a woman that is so respected and so hot and so great and such a great friend of, I don’t say conservative, I say of common sense,” Trump, 80, said while introducing Minaj, 43. “She’s a fantastic person and she’s a woman that’s respected by everybody and she’s got real talent: Nicki Minaj.”
He circled back during Small Business Administration remarks: “They call it small business, Nicki, but when you add it up, it’s bigger than any back in the world, probably, right?” Minaj posted clips calling it her “#WhiteHouseBarbie” day. She’s been a vocal Trump supporter during his second term, thanking him at the UN in November for “prioritizing” religious violence in Nigeria.
