As we enter day four of Kanye West‘s public rebirth as the kind of guy who tweets approvingly about second-tier right-wing media personalities, it seems clear that his wife Kim Kardashian is trying hard to prevent him from careening even further into the land of Scott Adams videos and manic social media updates about “thought police.” If you haven’t been following, a quick update: Kanye returned to Twitter last week to promote new music from himself and several others in his GOOD Music camp, then quickly declared he was writing a “philosophy book” in his tweets, got rid of his management team, shouted out the aforementioned right-winger Candace Owens, and started dropping jargon like a messianic startup founder about how he hopes to turn the Yeezy brand into a “decacorn.” It’s been a wild ride.
This afternoon, Kanye reiterated his love for his “brother” Donald Trump, with whom he claims to share “dragon energy,” an evocative phrase that was somehow never uttered publicly by Charlie Sheen in early 2011. Previously, the rapper also identified himself as a Trump lover to the Hot 97 morning show host Ebro.
You don't have to agree with trump but the mob can't make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone. I don't agree with everything anyone does. That's what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought.
— ye (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
Kim, god bless her, quickly got on the phone and urged him to scale it back just a bit.
my wife just called me and she wanted me to make this clear to everyone. I don't agree with everything Trump does. I don't agree 100% with anyone but myself.
— ye (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
It was the second time today that Kim has gently intervened in Kanye’s tweeting. The first was more personal, when he posted a photo of the inside of their home, apparently violating an agreement between the two not to publicize such images.
https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/989170257238487043
The tweets come shortly after Kanye parted ways with his high-profile manager Scooter Braun and declared that he “can’t be managed,” and now it seems that Kim has the unenviable role of trying to manage him. She is one of the most skilled people in the world at managing a personal brand, and whatever’s going on personally between her and her husband (based on her recent Instagram stories, thing seem pretty peachy) she must know that the Trump stuff is not helping his public image. We wish her the best of luck.
Update (3:30 p.m.): Kim has tweeted a few more Kanye thoughts.
To the media trying to demonize my husband let me just say this… your commentary on Kanye being erratic & his tweets being disturbing is actually scary. So quick to label him as having mental health issues for just being himself when he has always been expressive is not fair
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018
Yesterday it was announced that Kanye had parted ways with some business people and media outlets made this about Kanye’s mental health. Rather than just a simple business decision. So I’m glad he tweeted about the state of his company and all of the exciting things happening
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018
He’s a free thinker, is that not allowed in America? Because some of his ideas differ from yours you have to throw in the mental health card? That’s just not fair. He’s actually out of the sunken place when he’s being himself which is very expressive
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018
Now when he spoke out about Trump… Most people (including myself) have very different feelings & opinions about this. But this is HIS opinion. I believe in people being able to have their own opinions,even if really different from mine
He never said he agrees with his politics— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018
Kanye will never run in the race of popular opinion and we know that and that’s why I love him and respect him and in a few years when someone else says the same exact thing but they aren’t labeled the way he is and you will all praise them! Kanye is years ahead of his time
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018
