According to multiple sources, White House senior advisor Jared Kushner has been speaking with West regularly since his July 4 tweet declaring that he was running for president. “One time I talked to Jared Kushner, who was saying, ‘We don’t have Black leaders—we just have hustlers.’ Why? “I love Jared,” West said. So I prefer to not drop his name.”West did not respond today to messages asking for comment, nor did Kushner’s press team at the White House. The president himself echoed that message to reporters at the White House: “I like Kanye very much,“ adding, “I have nothing to do with him being on the ballot.

Source: Forbes August 12, 2020 19:47 UTC