KAYNE WEST MENTIONED THAT HE PLANS ON RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES IN FUTURE ELECTIONS DURING THE VMA AWARDS.
VANITY FAIR WANTED TO ASK HIM SOME MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT
THAT, SO DURING AN INTERVIEW HE KIND OF A ELABORATED ON HIS
PLANS, AND WHY HE WANTS TO BECOME PRESIDENT.
HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE CANDIDATES THAT HE FEELS IS
EXTREMELY BRILLIANT.
"I SIT IN CLUBS AND I'M LIKE, WOW, I'VE GOT FIVE YEARS
BEFORE I GO AND RUN FOR OFFICE, AND I GOT A LOT OF RESEARCH
TO DO, I'VE GOT A LOT OF GROWING UP TO DO."
HE'S KIND OF LIKE DONALD TRUMP.
ELECT ME AND I'LL DO THE RESEARCH.
>> TO BE FAIR TO HIM, HEíS SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN DONALD
TRUMP, BECAUSE HE IS SAYING HE WILL EVEN BOTHER TO DO THE
RESEARCH IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
WHEREAS DONALD TRUMP SAYS, IF YOU ELECT ME, FOREIGN POLICY?
I'LL GET SO GOOD AT IT, IT WILL MAKE YOUR HEAD SPIN.
>> SOME OF THE THINGS KANYE WEST
SAYS DRIVE ME CRAZY.
HE SAYS,
"WHEN I RUN FOR PRESIDENT, I'D PREFER TO NOT RUN AGAINST
SOMEONE.
I WOULD BE LIKE, I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU.
AS A
SOON AS I HEARD BEN CARSON SPEAK, I TRIED FOR THREE WEEKS
TO GET ON THE PHONE WITH HIM.
I WAS LIKE, THIS IS THE MOST
BRILLIANT GUY."
>> THE JURY IS IN ON KANYE WEST.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH, IS HE BRILLIANT?
HE IS A HELL OF A MARKETER.
IS HE NOT BRIGHT?
DO HIS LYRICS MAKE SENSE?
ARE THEY DEEP?
OR ARE THEY NONSENSICAL, AND WE ARE JUST ATTRIBUTING SOME
KIND OF MEANING TO THEM?
JURY IS OUT, HE IS NOT BRIGHT.
>> I READ THE ENTIRE VANITY FAIR ARTICLE, THERE ARE A BUNCH OF
PUBLICATIONS THAT SUMMARIZE THE
INTERVIEW, BUT I WANTED TO READ THE EIGHT-PAGE INTERVIEW.
IT WAS
THE MOST UNBEARABLE ARTICLE I HAVE EVER READ IN MY LIFE.
I
DON'T CARE ABOUT HIS OPINIONS ON
FASHION.
>> IT WAS LIKE THE CHARACTER THAT SASHA BARON COHEN DOES, IT
IS HEAVY, IT IS LIGHT, THIS
FASHION IS SO GOOD.
ONE NONSENSE AFTER ANOTHER, AFTER ANOTHER, AND HE TAKES
HIMSELF SO SERIOUSLY.
>> IT IS THE SELF-IMPORTANCE THAT DRIVES ME SO CRAZY.
HE
SAYS, "I THINK ALL THE PEOPLE RUNNING RIGHT NOW HAVE SOMETHING
THAT EACH OF THE OTHERS NEEDS.
BUT THE IDEA OF THIS SEPARATION
AND THIS GLADIATOR BATTLE TAKES AWAY FROM THE MAIN FOCUS THAT
THE WORLD NEEDS HELP, AND THE WORLD NEEDS ALL THE PEOPLE IN A
POSITION OF POWER OR INFLUENCE
TO COME TOGETHER."
I FIND IT FASCINATING THAT THAT IS HIS
VIEWPOINT, WHEN THIS IS THE GUY WHO RAN UP ON STAGE AS TAYLOR
SWIFT WAS ACCEPTING ACCEPTING AN AWARD, AND
BASICALLY INTERRUPTED HER AND
TOLD HER SHE DID NOT DESERVE THE AWARD, BEYONC…
DOES.
REALLY?
>> IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE INTERVIEW, HE SAID HE THINKS
THAT THE WHOLE WORLD NOW UNDERSTANDS THAT HE'S A GREAT
GUY.
HE SAYS THAT EVERY TIME HE HAS GOTTEN IN TROUBLE, THIS IS
HIM SPEAKING ON THE WORLD OPINION OF HIM, HE WAS REALLY
JUMPING IN FRONT OF A BULLET FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
HE IS PROBABLY
THE MOST HONEST CELEBRITY THAT WE HAVE.
THAT IS HIM TALKING
ABOUT HIMSELF.
AS IF THE WORLD THINKS THAT, THAT IS HIS
CONCLUSION.
>> WHAT IS THIS BASED ON?
I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST MAKES ME
REALIZE HOW MUCH OF A CIRCUS U.S. POLITICS HAS BECOME.
EVEN
IF YOU TAKE KANYE WEST OUT OF THE EQUATION AND FOCUS ON
SOMETHING LIKE THE PLANNED
PARENTHOOD SCANDAL, IT'S A CIRCUS.
THE FACT THAT HE IS NOW BEING CONSIDERED AS A SERIOUS
CONTENDER IN FUTURE ELECTIONS IS INSANE.
>> YOU THINK, NO, PEOPLE ARE TAKING HIM SERIOUSLY, HE DOESN'T
REALLY HAVE A CHANCE, BUT WAIT A
MINUTE, LEADING RIGHT NOW IN THE REPUBLICAN RACE IS A REALITY
SHOW CONTESTANT.
DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T DO ANY ACTUAL BUSINESS, I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU ACTUALLY KNOW THIS.
HE MAINLY SELLS HIS NAME.
IF
YOU SEE A TRUMP BUILDING, HE DID
NOT BUILD THAT, HARKENING BACK TO ANOTHER ELECTION, HE JUST
GETS PAID $20 OR $40 MILLION TO PUT HIS NAME ON A BILLBOARD.
HE IS MAINLY KNOWN AS A MARKETER, AND HIS MAIN MARKETING
AVENUE, RECENTLY, FOR THE LAST DECADE OR SO, WAS A TELEVISION
SHOW WHERE HE WAS A REALITY
STAR.
HIS IOWA CO-CHAIR IS ONE OF HIS CONTESTANTS.
IF DONALD
TRUMP CAN DO IT, I THINK KANYE WEST IS NOT CRAZY TO THINK THAT
HE CAN DO IT.
IF PEOPLE ARE
TAKING HIM SERIOUSLY, IS IT REALLY THAT MUCH CRAZIER THAN
DONALD TRUMP?
>> I GUESS NOT.
THEY ARE BOTH NARCISSISTIC EGOMANIAC'S.
>> EXACTLY.
YOUR ORIGINAL POINT ABOUT HOW THEY ARE SIMILAR.
OVERALL, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT ON A MACRO SENSE.
KANYE AT LEAST WANTS TO TAKE FIVE YEARS TO STUDY THINGS, EVEN
THOUGH HE HAS ALREADY DECIDED HE IS GOING TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT, SOMETHING HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT.
IT'S LIKE ME SAYING THAT IN THE YEAR 2020
I'M GOING TO BE THE BEST ACCOUNTANT IN THE WORLD.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ACCOUNTING, BUT I'M GOING
TO TAKE THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO LEARN.
WHY?
WHAT A CRAZY THING.
>> TO BE FAIR, FIVE YEARS IS A LONG TIME, YOU CAN LEARN A
LOT OF THINGS IN FIVE YEARS.
>> HE PROBABLY WILL, HE'S RICH, HE'LL PROBABLY GET A LOT OF
TUTORS.
HE AND TRUMP ARE THE SAME.
THEY ARE SHAMELESS, IT IS
ALL ABOUT ME.
NONSTOP SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT.
I'M THE
BEST, I'M THE GREATEST, I'M JESUS, I SHOULD BE THE
PRESIDENT.
YOU'RE A LOSER, YOU'RE A DUMMY, I'M THE BEST.
VERY SIMILAR GUYS.
AND THEN THE LACK OF SUBSTANCE.
THAT IS WHY
I SAY THE JURY IS IN.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SAYING BEN CARSON IS
BRILLIANT.
ANYTIME YOU HEAR BEN CARSON TALK THESE DAYS YOU
THINK, HOW IS THAT GUY A NEUROSURGEON?
HE JUST SAID THAT
THE DEVIL PUT CHARLES DARWIN UP TO EVOLUTION.
THE ADVERSARY, AS HE
CALLS HIM.
BRILLIANT, WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?
BUT THAT
ASIDE, THE POLITICAL
OPINION, WHATEVER.
TO SAY, WHEN I RUN I DON'T WANT ANY
OPPOSITION.
WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN?
>> TO BE FAIR, LOOK, HE IS A CLOWN, BUT TO BE FAIR TO HIM I THINK
THAT HE DID NOT ARTICULATE WHAT HE WANTED TO SAY APPROPRIATELY.
WHAT HE IS TRYING TO SAY IS, I WANT TO WORK WITH PEOPLE, I
DON'T WANT TO RUN AGAINST THEM, ALTHOUGH THAT IS
THE MOST UNREALISTIC THING THAT ANYONE HAS EVER SAID.
>> THAT IS WHAT A CHILD THINKS.
EVEN AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD
WOULDN'T SAY THAT.
HEY, GUYS, WHEN I RUN EVERYBODY SHOULD GET
BEHIND ME, BECAUSE I AM YEEZUS.
HE ISNíT SAYING, I WILL
SUPPORT YOU.
IN HIS VISION, EVERYBODY GETS BEHIND HIM.
HE
IS A CHILD.
WORK TOGETHER HOW?
I DON'T LIKE THIS GLADIATOR THING, THEY RUN AGAINST
EACH OTHER, WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO?
HUG IT OUT?
NO, NO, HE IS A CHILD.
THE SAME THING WITH DONALD TRUMP, THEY DID AN ANALYSIS
OF HOW HE SPEAKS, AND HE SPEAKS LIKE A THIRD GRADER.
THAT'S WHY PEOPLE LIKE HIM.
>> THAT'S WHY KANYE WEST WILL BE THE FRONT RUNNER IN 2020.