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President Obama offers Kanye West three presidential tips

President Barack Obama (left) and Kanye West (right)

By ANGELA CHAN Published on Sunday, October 11, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO–During a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at the historic Warfield Theatre that took place Saturday morning, President Barack Obama gave rapper Kanye West three pieces of tongue-in-cheek ‘advice’ for his 2020 presidential run.

The 54-year-old politician opened the event by tackling subjects such as gun control, healthcare and most surprisingly, Kanye West’s Oval Office aspirations, revealed during the MTV Video Music Awards in late August.

“In case Kanye's serious about this whole POTUS thing – or as he calls it, ‘Peezy’–” Obama said, referencing West’s nickname. “I do have some advice for him; there's some stuff I picked up on the way." …show more content…
“First of all, you’ve got to spend a lot of time dealing with some strange characters who behave like they're on a reality TV show,” Obama joked, taking a jab at presidential candidate, Donald Trump as well as West’s wife, Kim Kardashian – star of popular reality television show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

Obama continued with another political pointer that brought attention to some mistakes that West should avoid. “Saying that you have a Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy? That's what's known as ‘off-message’ in politics,” he said referring to Kanye West’s critically acclaimed fifth studio album. “There are a lot of people have lost their congressional seats saying things like that.”

While evaluating the artist’s probability of winning, Obama even teased himself. “Do you really think that this country is going to elect a black guy from the South Side of Chicago with a funny name to be president of the United States?” Obama asked in conclusion. “That is crazy. That’s

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