Overview
- On December 18, the Tennessee congressman tagged Minaj on X and joked they could have sung a duet at his “15-minute Christmas Party.”
- Responding to a Gays for Trump prompt with a Minaj twerking GIF, he wrote, “I am gifted… I’m Baptist,” then told another user, “I can. It’s uncanny actually.”
- He later shared an Instagram image of Minaj and captioned it “NICKI IS BASED,” adopting slang used online to show political approval.
- The online exchange follows Minaj’s recent pro-Trump turn, including thanking the president for addressing alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria and appearing at a U.S. Mission to the U.N. panel introduced by Ambassador Mike Waltz.
- Entertainment outlets seized on the posts as an example of MAGA figures courting a celebrity who has lately praised Trump and Vice President JD Vance.