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As we all recall, Kanye West announced his intention to run for President of the United States at the VMA Awards in 2015 in a speech to the audience.

In case you need a refresher here's some of his original presidential sentiments:

'I will die for the art, for what I believe in. The art ain't always gonna be polite. Y'all might be thinking right now, "I wonder, did he smoke something before he came here?" The answer is yes, I rolled up a little something to knock the edge off. I don't know what's gonna happen tonight. I don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow, bro.'

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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'This is a new mentality. We're not gonna control our kids with brands. We're not gonna teach low self esteem and that to our kids. We gonna teach our kids that they can be something,' he continued. 

'I don't know what I'm finna lose after this, it don't matter though cause it ain't about me. It's about ideas bro, new ideas. People with ideas. People who believe in truth. And yes, as you probably could have guessed by this moment, I have decided in 2020 to run for president.'

He later decided to postpone his presidential pursuits until 2024, following a meeting with current Leader of the Free World Donald Trump in Trump Towers in 2016.

After posing for a few pictures with the president, the rapper refused to answer any questions about his visit, but later announced his move to run for president in 2024. 

The original tweet, posted on December 13th 2016, has since been deleted, but simply read '2024.'

Kanye has cemented his continued intention with another identical tweet today. 

He also let his followers know that he continues to support Donald Trump, tweeting 'Trump all Day.' 

'We will change the world. God is on my side. I am a Christian. I am a tax payer. I am myself. God is with us.'

'They will not program me. Blacks are 90% Democrats. That sounds like control to me.' he continued. 

He also validated his belief in 'Free Thought.' 

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Kanye West’s 2020 presidential campaign is off to a celebrity filled start!

During last week’s MTV VMA broadcast, Kanye was awarded the Video Vanguard Moonman. During his (lengthy) acceptance speech, the rapper announced “I have decided in 202 to run for president.”

Now, nobody is really certain whether Kanye fully intend to follow up on this statement or not, but that hasn’t stopped one singer from getting behind his campaign.

Taylor Swift has announced that she will be willing and able to become his running mate. Which is kind of awkward because you have to be a certain age to become the Vice President of the United States; and Taylor will coming in five years shy of the mark in 2020.

Taylor presented the award to Kanye at the ceremony, putting to rest any rumours of bad blood still remaining between the pair.

At the Grammys this year it was clear that the two were on friendly terms, but Taylor still couldn’t help but make a throwback to that 2009 incident on Sunday night.

On Friday she took to Twitter to post a thank-you message to the star after he sent her a fabulous looking floral arrangement.

Does it look familiar to you? That may be because it does bear a striking resemblance to the arrangements at Kanye and Kim’s wedding, which People magazine helpfully pointed out.

More important than the cute thank-you though, Tay-Tay also offered to join his Cabinet. Which makes us wonder, what would the rest of the squad do if Tay took the VP spot?

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