United States President Donald Trump on Monday described US–based Trinidadian rapper, Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, popularly known as Nicki Minaj as “so hot” as he welcomed her to the White House during a Rose Garden luncheon before later receiving her in the Oval Office.
Trump praised the rapper before guests at the event, describing her as a respected figure with talent and inviting her to stand for applause.
After the luncheon, Minaj was taken into the Oval Office, where she posed for photographs with the president behind the Resolute Desk.
“We also have a woman that is so respected and so hot and so great,” Mr Trump told guests. “She’s a fantastic person and a woman respected by everybody, and she’s got real talent: Nicki Minaj.”
Minaj later posted photos and videos from the White House visit on social media, referring to herself as #WhiteHouseBarbie.
“Whoa!!! #WhiteHouseBarbie with her favourite President of all time!!!” she wrote on X alongside the photograph from inside the Oval Office.
The rapper has emerged as one of the most prominent celebrity supporters of Trump during his second term in office.
