Kanye shows his Trump card

It’s no surprise that Kanye West, billionaire rapper and entertainment mogul, has announced his decision to challenge Donald Trump in the race for the US presidency this year.

This is, after all, the country which copyrighted the mantra that “you can be anything you want to be” and “if you dream it, you can do it…”

It is also the home of Hollywood film fantasy and birthplace of reality TV, not to mention the global music business.

It’s completely in keeping with how this big country rolls, then, that a second-rate movie actor (Ronald Reagan) and a mediocre business-turned-reality-show-host (Trump) could occupy the Oval Office in the White House before one of the biggest names in contemporary entertainment.

West, an outspoken born-again Christian, has met Trump on occasion (once saying he “loved” the president) and appears to share some of his conservative views … although this hasn’t stopped him from mounting the challenge.

Cynics say that West probably has little hoping of winning, but he could well steal black votes away from the Democrats and their candidate, Joe Biden.

While the tussle might be interesting to watch, please let us be spared the spectacle of Trump putting his own campaign down in rap rhythms…

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