--- title: Eminem Is Ready for a Trump Battle in Revival Interview description: Eminem got everyone talking with his rap disses for President Donald Trump and now he wants a full battle. canonical: https://time.com/5068754/eminem-new-album-on-trump/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-18T15:53:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:20.369Z og:title: The One Thing Eminem Wants From President Trump og:description: Eminem vs. Trump continues og:url: https://time.com/5068754/eminem-new-album-on-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21d98b23ed67911c/6988e59a8fd2eeaac53599e6/eminem-emas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: MTV EMAs 2017 - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The One Thing Eminem Wants From President Trump twitter:description: Eminem vs. Trump continues twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21d98b23ed67911c/6988e59a8fd2eeaac53599e6/eminem-emas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Eminem Isn't Done With Trump. 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Kevin Mazur—WireImage by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Dec 18, 2017 3:53 PM UTC If the President puts [Eminem](http://time.com/4985439/eminem-trump-meme/) on blast, he’ll be ready. In an [interview with _New York_ magazine](http://www.vulture.com/2017/12/eminem-in-conversation.html), the rapper discussed his new album _Revival_ and doubled down on his [fiery verbal assaults on one of the planet’s most powerful players](http://time.com/4977535/eminem-trump-freestyle-rap-lyrics/). “All jokes aside, all punch lines aside, I’m trying to get a message out there about him. I want our country to be great too, I want it to be the best it can be, but it’s not going to be that with him in charge,” he told _New York_. Eminem isn’t satisfied with just [firing off disses](http://time.com/4985439/eminem-trump-meme/) though. He wants a response. Trump’s proven he’s not opposed to calling out celebrities. And if POTUS addresses Eminem, ever the soldier in the rap battle, Slim Shady has a plan. “I want him to answer me because I got ideas for all kinds of sh-t to say back to him if he does…I’m not going to give any away now, but I’ve got lines ready if he says something about me.” Eminem’s [freestyle cypher at the BET Hip Hop Awards](http://time.com/4977218/eminem-freestyle-trump-bet-hip-hop-awards/) made headlines for his torrential takedown of White House policies. But he wasn’t always at political odds with Trump. Weirdly enough, in 2004, Trump starred in a [television stunt](http://time.com/4978126/trump-eminem-endorsement/) to officially “endorse” the rapper for a [mock political run](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4q0S%5FJs3E8). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5068754/eminem-new-album-on-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5068754/eminem-new-album-on-trump/"},"headline":"Eminem Isn't Done With Trump. 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