Kanye West Now Claims He's Taking Off His 'Make America Great Again' Hat

Kanye West is dumping his “Make America Great Again” cap for a birthday hat. Supposedly.

Days after the hip-hop superstar tweeted that he’s running for president, he spoke with Forbes in a baffling interview (blatant publicity stunt?) in which he discussed conspiracy theories, running the White House like the fictional kingdom of Wakanda from “Black Panther,” and allegedly pulling his support from Donald Trump.

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Forbes, a magazine that’s been making a habit of outing West’s family members as nonbillionaires, described the Tuesday interview as “four rambling hours” in which he provided some of the following insights about his potential campaign:

His new political party is apparently the “Birthday Party.”

“Because when we win, it’s everybody’s birthday,” West said.

As far as his support for Trump, West says he’s “taking the red hat off.”

Talking about the president, the rapper said “it looks like one big mess to me,” adding that he didn’t like that Trump “hid in the bunker” amid anti-racism protests.

He also spoke about his previous support for the president, saying it was to protest the “segregation of votes in the Black community” ― and because he likes Trump hotels.

He wants to make the White House more like Wakanda.

The rapper told Forbes, “A lot of Africans do not like the movie [“Black Panther”] and representation of themselves in … Wakanda. But I’m gonna use the framework of Wakanda right now because it’s the best explanation of what our design group is going to feel like in the White House.”

But don’t expect...

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