Charlamagne tha God slammed President Trump on Monday for making a wild remark about Nicki Minaj’s butt the day before.
Trump commented on Minaj’s rear end after she joined the president Sunday at a Michigan rally, echoing a bizarre remark he had recently made about GOP Ohio Senate incumbent Jon Husted’s derriere.
“By the way, I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass before: Nicki Minaj,” Trump said, before gesturing at the musician, who was a speaker at the rally. “That’s hard to miss. Stand up. That’s hard to miss.”
Trump then said that he hoped she wasn’t insulted, adding, “We love Nicki. She’s been with us for a long time.”
On Monday’s episode of “The Breakfast Club,” Charlamagne shared his thoughts on the distasteful comment.
“It’s crazy when you’re Nicki Minaj and you spend all these years demanding respect and demanding people recognize your talent only to have Trump reduce you to your body part,” he said.
“And that’s why you got to stop confusing being chosen with being respected,” Charlamagne added.
Charlamagne noted that the bizarre moment “just didn’t feel right.”
His co-hosts agreed with him, with contributor Loren LoRosa calling out Trump’s odd observation about Minaj as “cringe” and “so inappropriate.”
In July, Trump drew backlash for referring to Minaj as “so hot” at the Rose Garden Club luncheon at the White House.
“We also have a woman that is so respected and so hot and so great and such a great friend of — I don’t say conservative, I say of common sense,” Trump said of the rapper at the time. “She’s a fantastic person, and she’s a woman that’s respected by everybody, and she’s got real talent: Nicki Minaj.”
Minaj, who proclaimed herself Trump’s “No. 1 fan,” had something to say about the president’s looks as well at Turning Point USA’s annual convention in December.
Chatting with Erika Kirk, the wife of the late right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, at the event, Minaj gushed that Trump is “handsome” and “dashing.” Minaj also referred to him as a good “role model.”
Listen to Charlamagne’s remarks below.