Kanye West reveals himself as Trump supporter in biggest ever political rant

17 November 2016, 17:56 | Written by Laurence Day

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During his Saint Pablo tour stop-off in San Jose, Kanye West went on arguably his biggest political rant ever.

"I would have voted for Trump." - Kanye West pic.twitter.com/g9qxaT7aRc
— billy (@billycrossover) November 18, 2016

Recognising his audience in the Californian city, he went off on everything from the media to the Internet to politics and philosophy - frequently cutting songs part-way through to talk at length. He did make some effort to bridge the evident political divides, saying that his shows were open to all, but then decided to let his fans know where he stood on the recent election... which didn't go down too well.

As well as praising Trump and his anti-PC style, Kanye revealed that he's planning to follow through with his idea of running for President in 2020.

Fan @RaptorJesuss livetweeted the bizarre-sounding concert. Check out a selection of his tweets below, and view the whole thing on his feed.

Another show stopped. Kanye is asking who voted for Hillary, mixed cheers and boos. Kanye is calling out Trump supporters.
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016

"People who voted for either side come out to the show, I know media is more liberal, what I'm saying is I'm not judging Trump voters"
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016

"Rappers are philosophers of our now, celebrities are the influencers of our now, just look at the president, he wasn't in politics & won"
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016

Kanye is talking about how Trump is the president of the free world, and that everyone needs to ask more questions & not to trust the net
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016

Kanye just said he thinks he'll have the experience in 2020 to run for office, I'm dead serious, Kanye just said he's preparing for 2020.
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016

Kanye just announced he's running in 2020 and I just witnessed it live.
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016

Kanye admitted he didn't vote in 2016, but says he is concerned with how to become a different type of president in 2020 if nobody else does
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016

Kanye now playing Power. After a 40 minute political rant.
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016

Kanye West just stopped the show again to tell us that Kanye liked Trumps campaign. Someone threw something at Kanye but he isn't mad.
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016

Kanye happy a woman just screamed she loved him even though Kanye said he liked Trumps campaign. Kanye is supportive of Trumps Anti-PC.
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016

Kanye is now saying how he loved Trumps debate style. Kanye is glad Trump inspired racists to reveal themselves. "This is the beginning"
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016

"Im a human being too, I have feelings, I liked the debates, Im a guy & a rapper, I'm a non political rebel, the debates were entertaining"
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016

Kanye now playing Blood on the Leaves. There have been 13 stops, about 1 hour of ranting so far.
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016

Kanye just stopped Jesus Walks, talking about how Trump is a genius.
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016

Kanyes gotten through 5 songs in a row, he just stopped again, Kanye says "I wanted to vote for Trump", says he respects Hillary supporters.
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016