Nicki Minaj Has a MAGA Moment, Dem False Narratives Hardest Hit
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Happy Monday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. The Sine Qua Non Sequitur is exploring the functional intersection of Tai Chi and rum balls at a bespoke prepper bunker just outside of Yuma.
Whenever anyone asks me what kind of music I listen to, I've always replied, "Everything." It's almost always met with skepticism, but it's true. I don't obsess over styles and genres — if I hear a song that I like, that's it. I've been sharing a Spotify account with my kid since, well, she was a kid, so my horizons are always being expanded.
That personal preference interlude was to provide context for this: I've been a huge Nicki Minaj for well over a dozen years.
Before we get into why I like Nicki even more now, context for something else is needed.
As the year is winding down, the Trump Derangement Syndrome hysteria is awash in more negative hyperbole than ever before. The Democrats and their flying monkeys in the mainstream media have not gotten any semblance of a grip on reality since last year's election. I'm not saying that they had a grip before that; it's just that they're getting worse.
Here's a prime example:
The title of that opinion piece refers to President Trump as "Our Petty, Hollow, Squalid Ogre in Chief."
But it's Trump who is barbarizing our manners.
This is standard fare in the opinion sections of The New York Times and The Washington Post. They're constantly trying to make the case that President Trump is unhinged, and their M.O. is centered on being completely unhinged themselves. They are impossible to take seriously.
Now let's contrast Bret Stephens' effete snobbery and lack of mental wellness with the thoughtful words of the best-selling female rapper of all time. Nicki Minaj appeared with Erika Kirk at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest this past weekend. I think she surprised a lot of people. This is from a post that Sarah wrote about the event:
"I have the utmost respect and admiration for our president," Minaj said, adding, "He has, I don't know if he even knows this, but he's given so many people hope that there's a chance to beat the bad guys — and to win and to do it with your head held high and your integrity intact."
She went on to talk about how Trump has been through "every single thing a person could be through, publicly" and how so many people constantly lie about him. "Until you are in that person's shoes that's being lied on, you'll never understand what it feels like," she said. "That person is a human being, they have a family who has to read those lies, and that's not, it's just not fair."
Minaj said that there are so many people in this administration who have "heart and soul," including Vance.
She's got plenty nice to say about Vice President JD Vance as well, saying that he and the president, "haven't lost touch of the world," and they both, "have the ability to still connect and be real and make us feel proud to be American."
Which of these assessments of President Trump seems more authentic?
Minaj is talking about a real person. Like all Coastal Media Bubble™ elites, Bret Stephens responds to a caricature of Trump that he and his ilk have made up out of whole cloth. The Never Trumpers, who were once Republicans long ago, pervert the caricature even more than the Democrats do, so Stephens is far removed from reality.
It's more alt-universe stuff from the left. On the same day that Ezra Klein wrote, "The Trump vibe shift is dead," in the NYT, a rapper who made a fortune using VERY colorful language (trust me) was singing his praises while on stage with Erika Kirk, who recently said "Pardon my French" on Fox News because she'd used the word "hell."
I'd say that the MAGA tent is still pretty big and that Trump's vibe shift is alive and well. I say that because, unlike Bret Stephens and Ezra Klein, I live on Planet Earth.
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