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Washington (AFP) – The war between Taylor Swift and Kanye West goes way back.
At the MTV Music Video Awards 2009, he interrupted Swift's 19-year-old Best Women's Video address, saying that Beyonce deserved this honor.
"Taylor, I'm really happy for you, I'll let you finish, but Beyonce has had one of the best videos of all time!" he said, leaving Swift in tears.
Now, their "on-off" quarrel has made the move somewhat improbable from the scene to the political scene.
West is an ardent – and somewhat unlikely – supporter of President Donald Trump and will be sitting with him for lunch at the White House this week after meeting with his wife Kim Kardashian earlier this year.
Last weekend, the rapper made the headlines with an appearance in "Saturday Night Live" which ended with an off camera defense of Trump – while wearing a red cap "Make America Great Again".
"There are so many times that I talk to a white person about it and that she tells me," How can you love Trump? He's racist, "said West, 41.
"If someone inspires me and I communicate with them, I do not have to believe in all their policies."
Swift also lobbied for his policy too, leaving years of silence on his point of view at one-month decisive mid-term elections to support two Democrats who traveled to Tennessee, where she has lived for years.
The 28-year-old pop star is a prominent feminist and founder of the #MeToo movement, but until her take on Instagram on Sunday, she was considered apolitical. Not anymore.
Swift called on its 112 million followers to register to vote and vote for Democrats who run in the Senate and House.
"In the past, I have been reluctant to publicly express my political views, but because of many events in my life and around the world in the past two years, I feel a different thing in this respect now," said Swift.
"I have always voted and will always vote according to the candidate who will protect and defend the human rights we all deserve in this country," she added.
– & # 39; 25 percent less –
Trump has already been a fan of Swift and has tweeted his praises many times, but the Republican president has repressed his affection for her.
"Let's say I like Taylor's music about 25% less now, agree?" Trump told reporters Monday.
Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas and Republican presidential candidate whose daughter Sarah Sanders is the White House spokesman, has launched a scornful tweet.
"So, @ taylorswift13 has every right to be political, but it will not affect elections unless we allow 13-year-old girls to vote," tweeted Huckabee.
The last laugh can be on Huckabee.
Kamari Guthrie of Vote.org told Buzzfeed News that the number of voter registrations has increased since Swift posted on Instagram.
Vote.org received 65,000 registrations within 24 hours of Swift's message, more than the 56,669 registrations recorded throughout August, "said Guthrie.
"Thanks God for Taylor Swift," Guthrie told Buzzfeed.
– "How is Kanye West?" –
At the same time, the White House announced that West would lunch with Trump on Thursday and would also meet his son-in-law and councilor Jared Kushner.
"Discussions will include the resurgence of manufacturing in the United States, prison reform, prevention of gang violence and measures to reduce violence in Chicago," said Sanders.
West was criticized for supporting Trump, who won less than 10 percent of the black vote in 2016.
Although Trump regularly boasts that black unemployment is at its all-time low, only 10 percent of African-Americans surveyed last month by Quinnipiac University said they liked his policy.
That did not stop West from singing Trump's praises – and the president returned the favor.
"Republicans are delivering for African Americans like never before," Trump said at an election rally last week in Tennessee.
"And you saw that the other night with Kanye West," Trump said referring to the appearance of rapper "SNL".
"How was Kanye West?"
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