Kanye West’s presidential campaign advert vows to fulfil ‘America’s destiny’

Kanye West has released his first presidential campaign advert as he revealed what he hopes to achieve if he becomes the next US President.

The Jesus Walks rapper, 43, spoke about fulfilling "America's destiny" by encouraging prayer and "building stronger families" in his potential presidency.

He first announced his attention to run for President back in 2015 and is now running in the election in November, reportedly spending over $3million (£2.3million) to get listed on ballots.

In his video, which was over a minute long, Kanye addressed voters himself, suggesting that his policies will focus on freedom of religion and building a stronger nation by encouraging stable family units.

He said: "America, what is America's destiny? What is best for our nation, our people, what is just, true justice?

"We have to think about all these things together as a people, to contemplate our future, to live up to our dream, we must have vision.

"We as a people will revive our nation's commitment to faith, to what our constitution calls the 'free exercise of religion', including of course prayer.

"Through prayer faith can be restored — we as a people are called to a greater purpose than ourselves.

"We are not only a beacon to the world but we should be servants to each other, to encourage each other, to help each other, to lift up each other, our fellow Americans, that we may all prosper together.

"We have to act on faith, with the sure knowledge that we are pursuing the right goals and doing the right things.

"We will build a stronger country by building stronger families: families are the building blocks of a society, of a nation.

"By turning to faith we will be the kind of nation, the kind of people God intends us to be."

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