During President Donald Trump’s tenure, he sought to unify the United States by having Ye hold church services on the White House lawn.
Donald Trump picks Ye to bring country together
A new episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen was uploaded to YouTube on Wednesday (July 24). In a clip from the episode (shown below), host Andy Cohen sat down with former White House Director of Strategic Communications Alyssa Farrah Griffin and “Real Housewives of Dubai” star Leisha Millan Answer some questions from fans in the chat. During the conversation, a man asked Alyssa about the craziest request she had ever received while assisting Donald Trump during his presidency. Ironically, the investigation involves a rapper who happens to be trying to run for president during the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
“One day, he wants Ye to come to the White House lawn and do a church service to unify the country, and I can think of nothing less unifying,” Alyssa Farrah Griffin says at 1 minute of the video below Said at 15 seconds. “But our response was, ‘It’s not the right time or place, sir.'”
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Ye and Donald Trump’s rocky relationship explained
In the early days of their platonic relationship, everything seemed fine between Ye and Donald Trump. The Chicago rapper first met Donald Trump in 2016 at Trump Tower in New York City. Artists including Common, John Legend and YG have all expressed their displeasure in the wake of their encounters. In 2018, Ye and Trump sat down at the White House, where the rapper suggested “abolition” of the 13th Amendment, among other ideas. Things took a turn between the two men once Mr. West decided to run for president in 2020. In 2022, after Ye made a series of anti-Semitic remarks, Trump jumped on his Truth social account to call the rapper a “seriously troubled man.”
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Check out Alyssa Farah Griffin’s reveal of Donald Trump’s plan to bring the country together with Ye’s help below.
