--- description: Rapper Kanye West visited President Trump at the White House on Thursday, delivering an extended series of off-the-cuff remarks. title: What Kanye West Said to President Trump at the White House image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt586c633651d64b7a/69893c69929fad8c86bf1cf3/kanye-west-donald-trump-white-house.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 # Here's What Kanye West Said to President Trump at the White House  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 24, 2024 11:25 AM CUTPublished: Oct 11, 2018 6:00 PM CUT  Rapper Kanye West , left, shows a picture of a plane on a phone to U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval office of the White House on October 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. Rapper Kanye West , left, shows a picture of a plane on a phone to U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval office of the White House on October 11, 2018 in Washington, DC.Pool—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 24, 2024 11:25 AM CUTPublished: Oct 11, 2018 6:00 PM CUT When rapper [Kanye West](http://time.com/5422100/kid-rock-kanye-west-trump-white-house/ "undefined") visited with [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/5419515/donald-trump-numbers-reelection/ "undefined") at the White House Thursday, he had a few things to say. In an impassioned but sometimes difficult to follow 10-minute speech, West talked about the “male energy” of Trump’s 2016 campaign, the U.S. relationship with North Korea and his belief that he was misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder. “I tell you what, that was pretty impressive,” Trump said after West had finished speaking. “It was from the soul,” West responded. “I just channeled it.” The Kanye West live stream above shows the pre-lunch meeting was also attended by former U.S. football player [Jim Brown](http://time.com/4602009/jim-brown-donald-trump/ "undefined") and Trump’s son-in-law [Jared Kushner](http://time.com/5281226/kushner-family-666-fifth-avenue/ "undefined"). West has been publicly supportive of Trump for several months, giving a similar speech to the audience after a performance on _Saturday Night Live_ that was not aired. Here are some of the highlights from the full transcript of what Kanye West said at the Trump meeting. ## **Kanye West on uncertainty surrounding his bipolar diagnosis** --- > “” --- ## **Kanye West on the 13th Amendment** --- > “” --- ## **Kanye West on male energy** --- > “” --- ## **Kanye West on Adidas** --- > “” --- ## **Kanye West on Trump** --- > “” --- ## Kanye West on a 68-year-old prisoner whose case he was raising with Trump --- > “” --- ## Kanye West on his own speech --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5422270/kanye-west-trump-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5422270/kanye-west-trump-speech/"},"headline":"Here's What Kanye West Said to President Trump at the White House","datePublished":"2018-10-11T18:00:01.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T11:25:45.000Z","description":"West shared an extended monologue","url":"https://time.com/5422270/kanye-west-trump-speech/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","celebrities","Kanye West","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt586c633651d64b7a/69893c69929fad8c86bf1cf3/kanye-west-donald-trump-white-house.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt586c633651d64b7a/69893c69929fad8c86bf1cf3/kanye-west-donald-trump-white-house.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Hosts Kanye West And Former Football Player Jim Brown At The White House","caption":"President Trump Hosts Kanye West And Former Football Player Jim Brown At The White House","creditText":"Pool—Getty 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/5422270/kanye-west-trump-speech/","name":"Here's What Kanye West Said to President Trump at the White House"}}]}] ```