Kanye West has admitted to meeting Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, as a link between the rapper and the White House was revealed.
Jared is a senior advisor to President Trump and it has been claimed that 43-year-old billionaire Kanye has been speaking ‘almost daily’ to him since announcing his intention to run for the presidency.
It would seem that Kanye is looking to become a spoiler in Joe Biden’s bid to take the top job from Trump, with the rapper looking to be on the ballot paper in key states, where he could split Biden’s vote.
There are fears among Kanye’s close associates that the White House are exploiting his mental health issues, with wife Kim Kardashian already stating that he is amidst a bipolar episode.
Republicans are allegedly rushing to help get Kanye on ballots across the country and the New York Times has reported that he met Jared and his wife, Ivanka Trump, in Telluride, Colorado last weekend.
Forbes has reported that Kanye and Jared have actually be in contact “almost daily.”
Speaking to the publication last month, Kanye said that the White House were worried that he could win the presidency, so are managing him in a way which could help Trump win a second term.
Kanye said: “Jared’s scared and doesn’t want me to run because he knows that I can win.”
Forbes has reported that sources close to the Trumps reelection campaign are feeding Kanye’s belief he can win so that he stays in the race as a diversion tactic.
A source close to Kanye told the publication: “If you know him for more than 20 minutes, you know that will work.”
Another told them: “He’s just like a kid. The more you tell him he can’t do a thing, the more he’ll do it. . . . he has a tremendous drive to prove people wrong.”
There are fears that Kanye’s mental health may be exploited in this process.
A friend of the rapper told Forbes: “He’s mentally ill. When you have people around him who have the best intentions and don’t need anything from him, you can steer him when he’s in that space into a positive place.
“When you have people around him who see him as an opportunity, they create a very, very bad scenario.”
Kim Kardashian has already asked publicly for “compassion and empathy” towards her husband as she fears how his presidential run will affect him and their family.