Nicki Minaj give ‘utmost respect’ to Trump, Vance at TPUSA occasion

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Rapper Nicki Minaj praised President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance throughout her shock look at Turning Level USA's AmericaFest convention on Sunday.

The "Tremendous Bass" singer was launched because the surprise guest by TPUSA president Erika Kirk, the place they mentioned her latest alignment with the Trump administration on Christian persecution in Nigeria.

Regardless of her previous help for Democratic candidates, Minaj described the "utmost" respect she had for the Republican administration, significantly for giving individuals hope throughout darkish instances.

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Nicki Minaj enters the stage because the shock visitor on the ultimate day of Turning Level USA's annual AmericaFest convention on the Phoenix Conference Heart on December 21, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Caylo Seals/Getty Photos)

"I've the utmost respect and admiration for our president," Minaj mentioned. "I don’t know if he even is aware of this, however he’s given so many individuals hope that there is a probability to beat the dangerous guys and to win, and to do it together with your head held excessive and your integrity intact."

She added that she considers each Trump and Vance to be "certainly one of us" based mostly on how they will nonetheless relate to on a regular basis Individuals.

"They have not misplaced contact of the world," Minaj mentioned. "You realize, they're nonetheless linked to the world. And what's occurring on this planet, with the youthful individuals and older individuals, with the richer individuals and never so wealthy individuals, they've the flexibility to nonetheless join and be actual and make us really feel proud to be American."

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CEO and Chair of the Board of Turning Level USA Erika Kirk (left) speaks with US rapper Nicki Minaj (proper) throughout Turning Level's annual AmericaFest convention in Phoenix, Arizona on December 21, 2025. (Olivier Touron / AFP through Getty Photos)

Throughout her look, Kirk additionally introduced up Minaj's public social media rants in opposition to Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., opinions that she doubled down upon in the course of the occasion.

"Pricey Newscum, we do not have an issue cleansing up the scum if we've to, please tread calmly. That is what I would say to Gavie poo," Minaj remarked.

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Minaj beforehand appeared with the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz at a United Nations event in November to carry consideration to the non secular persecution and killings of Christians in Nigeria.

She additionally emphasised that her work with the Trump administration was not politically motivated.

Nicki Minaj leaves the rostrum after talking in the course of the panel "Combating Spiritual Violence and the Killing of Christians in Nigeria" on the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York Metropolis, on Nov. 18, 2025. (Angela Weiss/AFP through Getty Photos)

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"I wish to make it very clear — as soon as once more — that this is not about taking sides. That is about standing up within the face of injustice. It is about what I've at all times stood for my total profession. And I'll proceed to face for that for the remainder of my life. I'll care if anybody, anyplace, is being persecuted for his or her beliefs," Minaj mentioned on the time.

Lindsay Kornick is an affiliate editor for Fox Information Digital. Story suggestions may be despatched to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.