--- description: Kanye West's deluge of tweets about Donald Trump, free thought, and Peter Thiel have taken the Internet by storm. title: Kanye West's Tweets About Trump, Peter Thiel Ignite Internet image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2a7e4eeaafb770a/69892eafbc6cfc14863e5c74/kanye-west-tweets-peter-thiel-donald-trump-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # People Are in Uproar Over Kanye West's Tweets About Donald Trump and Peter Thiel ## Video: Yes, Donald Trump Just Met With Kanye West [Watch (HLS stream): Yes, Donald Trump Just Met With Kanye West](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/lENyrXRN.m3u8) (1:03)  _Published 2016-12-13. "We've been friends for a long time"_  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2018 8:58 PM CUT  NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 18: Kanye West seen out and about in Manhattan on December 18, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Robert Kamau/GC Images) NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 18: Kanye West seen out and about in Manhattan on December 18, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Robert Kamau/GC Images)Robert Kamau—GC Images  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2018 8:58 PM CUT Rapper, designer, and avid [Twitter enthusiast Kanye West](http://time.com/5241412/kanye-west-back-on-twitter/ "undefined") wrote a deluge of tweets on Wednesday afternoon that divided his many fans. As part of a [days-long Twitter spree](http://time.com/5254664/kanye-west-supports-donald-trump-twitter/ "undefined"), West sounded off on [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4599064/kanye-west-donald-trump-tower/ "undefined"), going so far as to call the president “my brother,” before delving into tweets about free thought, politics, life, philosophy, music, and his intention to take a meeting with Peter Thiel. West’s tweets immediately ignited the Internet, which wasted no time in weighing in on how they felt about the rapper’s tweets. West’s tweets even commanded the attention of some influential Twitter users, including Donald Trump himself, who took to Twitter to retweet and comment West’s tweet about him. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/989225812166696960) Kanye’s wife Kim Kardashian West also hopped on Twitter to defend her husband’s right to write controversial tweets. > [](https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/989225226490687488) However, Twitter still had plenty of opinions about Kanye. There were plenty of comparisons to _Get Out_‘s the “sunken place.” > [](https://twitter.com/JordanPeele/status/989241727725719553) > [](https://twitter.com/rembert/status/989223708702265346) > [](https://twitter.com/Travon/status/989230450378817536) > [](https://twitter.com/JoannaSimkin/status/989230580666683394) > [](https://twitter.com/GabbySidibe/status/989240465080791040) While others had jokes about Kanye’s mother-in-law and noted “momager,” Kris Jenner. > [](https://twitter.com/zara915/status/989229100987535361) > [](https://twitter.com/caseyjohnston/status/989227418224418822) > [](https://twitter.com/ehjovan/status/989228179310174209) > [](https://twitter.com/JamesHarness/status/989228275049422848) As might be predicted, there were also many, many tweets about the “old Kanye.” > [](https://twitter.com/mRiah/status/989234490164772864) > [](https://twitter.com/AJ%5FJeremiah/status/989231037296402432) > [](https://twitter.com/Eugene%5FScott/status/989236844486385665) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5254914/kanye-west-tweets-peter-thiel-donald-trump-internet-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5254914/kanye-west-tweets-peter-thiel-donald-trump-internet-reactions/"},"headline":"People Are in Uproar Over Kanye West's Tweets About Donald Trump and Peter Thiel","datePublished":"2018-04-25T20:58:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:26.683Z","description":"Talk about missing the old Kanye","url":"https://time.com/5254914/kanye-west-tweets-peter-thiel-donald-trump-internet-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2a7e4eeaafb770a/69892eafbc6cfc14863e5c74/kanye-west-tweets-peter-thiel-donald-trump-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2a7e4eeaafb770a/69892eafbc6cfc14863e5c74/kanye-west-tweets-peter-thiel-donald-trump-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrity Sightings in New York City - December 18, 2017","caption":"Celebrity Sightings in New York City - December 18, 2017","creditText":"Robert Kamau—GC Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5254914/kanye-west-tweets-peter-thiel-donald-trump-internet-reactions/","name":"People Are in Uproar Over Kanye West's Tweets About Donald Trump and Peter Thiel"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Yes, Donald Trump Just Met With Kanye West","description":"\"We've been friends for a long time\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/lENyrXRN/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-12-13T15:34:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/lENyrXRN.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5254914/kanye-west-tweets-peter-thiel-donald-trump-internet-reactions/","duration":"PT1M3S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5254914/kanye-west-tweets-peter-thiel-donald-trump-internet-reactions/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```