Kanye West Hugs Donald Trump, And Twitter Users Go Berserk

Of course, Yeezy was wearing a MAGA hat.
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President Donald Trump had a come-to-Yeezus moment on Thursday.

Kanye West greeted the president with a hug at their White House lunch, and the moment was captured for posterity. Trump has said he’s germophobic but he tolerated the close body contact with West, who was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat.

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This moment of awkward affection was the sort of thing Twitter users live for. Naturally, some brought the snark.

DAD!!!! pic.twitter.com/wisukGHKsI

— Plotkarazzo (@Plotkarazzo) October 11, 2018

"Ima let you finish, but hug me!"

Love this!

— Roy Schuhmacher 🇺🇸 (@RoySchuhmacher) October 11, 2018

pic.twitter.com/J3nYIBT0Dp

— leosimonise (@leosimonise) October 11, 2018

Some were touched.

tbh that trump and kanye hug and "i love you" had some really powerful bro energy that made me feel kinda lonely :(

— JJ👻 (@JJ_Visuals) October 11, 2018

I can’t even hate on his, hugs are good for you, I don’t care who you are.

— Mermaid Tea (@themelowmermaid) October 11, 2018

Some felt sympathy for West’s wife, Kim Kardashian.

Not since that armed robbery have I felt as bad for Kim as I do right now. Whatever you think about her, watching your husband unravel like this much be painful.

— G O L D I E. (@goldietaylor) October 11, 2018

Some saw history repeating itself ...

all of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again...and fwiw sammy > talent over kanye. pic.twitter.com/0lHtQPcaZW

— Reggie Newton (@reggienewton22) October 11, 2018

Some saw the meeting as a refutation of history.

Think what you want, it is striking to see Kanye West, who called out Pres George W Bush for not caring about black people, embrace Pres Donald Trump and defend Trump by *falsely* saying black people rely on welfare too much and don't have many black fathers.

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 11, 2018

And some felt there were more pressing issues than a photo-op lunch between West and Trump.

It was hard for me to get as touched by Kanye-Trump hugging each other as a Trumptard probably does, because I keep thinking about all those emotionally traumatized Mexican babies Trump has in cages. Kayne should hug them. #hoboheretic Enjoy.

— Tim Fuller (@thetimchannel) October 11, 2018

You can’t be up in Trump's White House in a MAGA hat without saying, ‘His racism isn’t a dealbreaker for me.’ And if you’re Black, and Trump’s racism is aimed at you and your community, then how could his insidious racism not be a dealbreaker?

— Touré (@Toure) October 11, 2018
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