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But now she\u2019s gone from being a rap innovator and LGBTQ<\/a>+ ally to loudly and proudly supporting President Donald Trump and the MAGA agenda. It\u2019s a strange turn of events to go from being an immigrant who once spoke out against Trump\u2019s policies and had a huge LGBTQ+ fanbase to now sharing a stage with the ultra-conservative president and praising him on social media.<\/p>\n So how did Minaj go from performing at the Super Bowl with Madonna and being named one of Time\u2019s 100 most influential people in the world to being hated by former fans and her fellow celebrities alike and roasted by the host of this year\u2019s Grammys? <\/p>\n June 20, 2018: Nicki Minaj speaks out against Trump\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n The Trinidad-born immigrant spoke out against Trump in 2018 in a Facebook post where she criticized him during his first term in office for his mass deportation policy.<\/p>\n \u201cI came to this country as an illegal immigrant @ 5 years old,\u201d she wrote<\/u><\/a> alongside a photo of children in an immigrant detention center. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine the horror of being in a strange place & having my parents stripped away from me at the age of 5. This is so scary to me. Please stop this. Can you try to imagine the terror & panic these kids feel right now?\u201d<\/p>\n But this vocal criticism of Trump wouldn\u2019t last.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n September 12, 2021:\u00a0Spreading misinformation about the COVID vaccine<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n During the height of the COVID pandemic, Minaj spread false claims that the vaccine was making men impotent and the social media post went so viral that the Biden administration had to contact her to try to and educate her about the vaccines in an attempt to beat back the misinformation.<\/p>\n \u201cMy cousin in Trinidad won\u2019t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent,\u201d she wrote. \u201cHis testicles became swollen. His friend was weeks away from getting married, now the girl called off the wedding. So just pray on it & make sure you\u2019re comfortable with ur decision, not bullied.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n September 14, 2021: She refuses to get vaccinated<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n When Minaj refused to get vaccinated and admitted on social media that she had contracted COVID, she was told she could no longer attend the Met Gala that year. Minaj again called the validity of the vaccine into question when she wrote she \u201chad the exact same symptoms as ppl with the damn vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n November 9, 2023:\u00a0More anti-vax rhetoric<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n Minaj doubled down on her anti-vax stance when she told Vogue<\/a> that she wanted people to do their own research and not trust the government. \u201cI like to make my own assessment of everything without help from everyone,\u201d she said. \u201cEvery time I talk about politics, people get mad. I\u2019m sorry, but I am not going to be told who I should get on social media and campaign for. There\u2019s a lot we don\u2019t know that\u2019s going on in the government, and I don\u2019t think it changes whether you lean to the left or right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n December 12, 2025: Attacking trans youth<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n Minaj went from someone with a devoted LGBTQ+ fanbase to attacking transgender kids seemingly overnight. On December 12, she made a transphobic social media post in response to a video of California Governor Gavin Newsom talking about how he doesn’t think trans women competing against cis women in sports is \u201cfair,\u201d while also showing his support for trans kids, and pointing out how no other governor has \u201csigned more pro-trans legislation\u201d than he has.<\/p>\n “Imagine being the guy running on wanting to see trans kids. Haha,” Minaj wrote on X. “Not even a trans ADULT would run on that. Normal adults wake up & think they want to see HEALTHY, SAFE, HAPPY kids.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n December 21, 2025: Turning Point USA speech<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n Minaj received backlash in December after she made a controversial surprise appearance at Turning Point USA\u2019s AmericaFest and shared the stage with Charlie Kirk\u2019s widow Erika Kirk.<\/p>\n In her speech, the \u201cBeez in the Trap\u201d rapper talked about her Christian faith and leaned into anti-LGBTQ+ conservative talking points when she said, “Boys, be boys… It’s okay be boys… There’s nothing wrong with being a boy,” CBS News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n January 28, 2026: Bragging about her\u00a0Trump Gold Card<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n Minaj is no longer shy about her support of MAGA and last week she went viral when she posted a photo of her Trump Gold Card \u2014 which allows wealthy foreign nationals to pay obscene amounts of money to secure a green card \u2014 and made a second X post that was retweeted by the White House\u2019s official account, where Minaj called Trump a \u201cwonderful, gracious, charming President\u201d for helping the Trinidadian celeb gain U.S. permanent residency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n January 28, 2026: U.S. Treasury event speech<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n Minaj also joined Trump on stage as he delivered remarks during the Treasury Department’s Trump Accounts Summit on January 28, where she called herself \u201cprobably the president\u2019s No. 1 fan\u201d and thanked Trump for gifting her a Trump Gold Card for free when it typically costs $1 million.<\/p>\n Minaj may have thought she was on the fast track to U.S. citizenship when Trump gifted her a Trump Gold Card, but it turns out she sold out for nothing. A White House official told the New York Times<\/u><\/a> that the card Minaj received was nothing more than a \u201cmemento\u201d and not a \u201cvisa document.\u201d<\/p>\n While speaking on stage at the event, Minaj also made it clear that she expects to receive criticism for her support of the Trump administration and that the backlash will make her double down. \u201cAnd the hate or what people have to say, it does not affect me at all,\u201d she said. \u201cIt actually motivates me to support him more, and it\u2019s going to motivate all of us to support him more.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n February 1, 2026: Her MAGA Rant<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n Minaj may not have attended the Grammys, but after host Trevor Noah called her out for allying herself with Trump in his monologue, the 43-year-old rapper went on a rant on X.<\/p>\n She made more than a dozen posts on the social media site where she wrote that anyone who speaks out against her \u201cshall be condemned & put to shame.\u201d Minaj also urged LGBTQ+ people and Christians not to vote for Democrats, who she claimed have \u201cdemons inside of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n What do other celebrities think?<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n After Minaj spoke out against trans kids, trans pop star Kim Petras, who once collaborated with Minaj, made it known she disagrees, writing on X<\/a>, \u201ctrans kids r healthy btw.\u201d<\/p>\n When out actor Billy Porter was asked about Minaj on the red carpet at the MusiCares\u2019 2026 Person of the Year Gala, he didn\u2019t hold back. \u201cF\u2013k her,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen people show you who they are, believe them the first time. F\u2013k her and all of them!\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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