Gov. Gavin Newsom and his press office zinged the Trump administration after word it was actually entertaining the possibility of appointing rapper Nicki Minaj as press secretary.
While most knew the White House was looking for a new press secretary following the disastrous five-day stint of Katie Zacharia, it was hard not to do a double-take when communications director Steven Cheung teased Minaj as a possible new addition to MAGA world in an X post on Sunday.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I think we may have found the new White House Press Secretary!” he posted along with a video of the “Starships” rapper praising President Donald Trump.
When TMZ picked up the possibility of Minaj taking on the role of press secretary, Newsom’s office seized the opportunity to take aim at their nemesis: “We can only pray.”
While it wasn’t clear if Cheung was serious or just trolling, White House adviser Alex Bruesewitz co-signed the idea in his own X post, addressing the rapper’s fanbase as he wrote, “Hey Barbz, what do we think about this idea??”
“Here for it!” one Minaj fan account replied.
Minaj has been open about her antipathy for Newsom, who she claims “completely ignored” her pleas for help following swatting incidents at her Beverly Hills home.
In a May profile for Time magazine, the Trinidadian musical artist said the MAGA movement had already appealed to her, but she “didn’t dare” voice that opinion publicly until Trump ally Rep. Anna Paulina Luna helped her how Newsom did not.
“I was shocked. I’d never seen anyone in politics treat me that way,” Minaj told Time. “That’s what made me say that I don’t care to keep this a secret anymore.”