Azealia Banks is walking back her support for Donald Trump. The “212” rapper said on Wednesday (April 16) that she regrets casting a vote for Trump in last year’s presidential election.
Banks took to X and wrote that “we made a f—ing mess” voting to put Trump back on the Oval Office. “Like this is an absolute disaster.”
Banks then trolled Gayle King while posting a photo of the CBS Mornings co-host from her Blue Origin space flight. “Trump supporters rn,” she wrote while taking a shot at the journalist.
The Harlem native feels like Trump — who in 2024 was convicted of 34 felony crimes in his hush money trial — hasn’t done a good job with the responsibility of leading the country in his hands.
“He’s so petty and vindictive rn,” she wrote. “Tbh, rightfully so, but not when the wellbeing and livelihood of billions of people – damn near the entire world lay in ur hands . Someone needs to get him a cute little lorazepam rx and a high grade ashwaganda supplement because it can’t happen like this.”
There’s been plenty of debate on Trump’s policies when it comes to the economy and his negotiations with countries such China and Canada, which have led to a minimum 10% tariff for all nations. According to the White House’s website in a post dated April 15, “China faces up to a 245% tariff on imports to the United States as a result of its retaliatory actions.”
Banks also showed support for China in her X messages: “Nobody on earth is afraid of crazy old white man anger. Old white men need to reinvent the archetype because it’s too predictable. Like China is just DUNKING on everyone right now Tbh I love that for China tho. And really do love China in general . China is the Doll.”
Azealia Banks has been a staunch Trump supporter in the past, as she voted for him in 2016 and pulled up to one of his rallies in Florida last year. However, she’s been anti-Elon Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency, and says the Tesla CEO “belongs nowhere near American Politics.”
Musk’s involvement with the twice-impeached president led to her giving an 11th-hour endorsement to Kamala Harris. However, she later admitted to voting for Trump in the end anyway.
