Kanye West under fire for praising President Donald Trump & criticising Obama

Kanye West is currently trending on Twitter because he has declared his love for US president Donald Trump.

This is happening when most of Kanye's celebrity friends (especially Black Americans) do not like the US president.

Kanye in a tweet said, 'Obama was in office for eight years and nothing in Chicago changed'.

In another tweet, Kanye said 'You don't have to agree with trump but the mob can't make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone. I don't agree with everything anyone does. That's what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought.'

To which president Trump replied 'Thank you Kanye, very cool!'

See his tweets below:

Obama was in office for eight years and nothing in Chicago changed.

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018

You don't have to agree with trump but the mob can't make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone. I don't agree with everything anyone does. That's what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought.

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018

President Trump's response

Thank you Kanye, very cool! https://t.co/vRIC87M21X

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 25, 2018

Kanye's tweet has bring him under heavy criticism. See some of the reactions below:

Kanye is definitely a contrarian and not even a good one. I find it really hard to respect contrarians because they genuinely believe that going against the popular opinion makes them more intelligent than the populace.

— Derek Oppong (@DerekRameses) April 26, 2018

Kanye West is a grown man!! KIM KARDASHIAN IS NOT TO BLAME. My nigga been a dick all his life! Can we finally hold him accountable for his shit? Y’all have blamed Amber, his momma dying, alcohol, mental health and everything in between.

— Imoteda (@Imoteda) April 26, 2018

IT WOULDVE BEEN SO ICONIC IF KANYE REMAINED QUIT & JUST GAVE US NEW RELEASES. MY PERCEPTION OF HIS SILENCE MADE ME BELIEVE THAT HE’S TAPPED INTO A HIGHER EXISTENCE. FIRST FEW TWEETS I WAS CONVINCED, NOW RANT YE IS SLOWLY EMERGING. ANYWAY IDK THE GUY SO MY THOUGHTS R IRRELEVANT.

— unavailable (@nokanamojapelo) April 26, 2018