{"id":2491033,"date":"2026-07-06T23:40:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2491033"},"modified":"2026-07-06T23:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:40:44","slug":"donald-trump-calls-nicki-minaj-hot-at-white-house-luncheon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/donald-trump-calls-nicki-minaj-hot-at-white-house-luncheon\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Calls Nicki Minaj &#8216;Hot&#8217; at White House Luncheon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> gave <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/nicki-minaj\/\"><strong>Nicki Minaj<\/strong><\/a> an eyebrow-raising shout-out during the White House Rose Garden luncheon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also have a woman that is so respected and so hot and so great and such a great friend of, I don\u2019t say conservative, I say of common sense,\u201d Trump, 80, told the Monday, July 6, event crowd, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=453cGvgkOBg&amp;t=1613s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">while speaking about the rapper<\/a>, 43.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s a fantastic person and she\u2019s a woman that\u2019s respected by everybody and she\u2019s got real talent: Nicki Minaj,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>The president then prompted Minaj to \u201cstand up, please,\u201d adding that she is \u201csuch a great person and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/nicki-minaj-deactives-her-instagram-after-meeting-with-erika-kirk-backlash\/\">respected by everybody<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Trump later spoke about the Small Business Administration, he once again brought Minaj back into the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNicki Minaj is so incredible. They call it small business, Nicki, but when you add it up, it\u2019s bigger than any back in the world, probably, right?\u201d Trump added. \u201cIt\u2019s not small business, but she\u2019s done fantastically and I appreciate it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4368755\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.571428571429%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Nicki Minaj attends Rose Garden Club event at the White House.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Mandel NGAN\/AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Minaj \u2014 one of many in attendance for the Rose Garden Club event \u2014 could be seen smiling in photos from the lunch as she enjoyed iced tea at one of the garden tables.<\/p>\n<p>Following the luncheon, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/nicki-minajs-lawyer-abruptly-drops-her-amid-her-legal-problems-excl\/\">the \u201cPink Friday Girls\u201d rapper<\/a> updated her fans on her latest trip to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Minaj used the hashtag \u201cWhiteHouseBarbie\u201d on all of her uploads from the day, including <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NICKIMINAJ\/status\/2074159109046161599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a video posted to X<\/a> of her sitting at the garden party wearing Versace. \u201c#WhiteHouseBarbie \ud83c\udf80 #VersaceTingz,\u201d the caption read.<\/p>\n<p>The musician later posed with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NICKIMINAJ\/status\/2074195996821655564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a portrait of Trump<\/a> as she walked down the hallowed halls of the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Minaj also reposted a clip of Trump <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NICKIMINAJ\/status\/2074175309230788641\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">giving her the above shout-out<\/a>, responding with a series of praying hand emojis.<\/p>\n<p>To top off her outing, Minaj got to go inside the Oval Office and take <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NICKIMINAJ\/status\/2074221976235700388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a picture with Trump<\/a> at his desk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoa!!!! #WhiteHouseBarbie with her favorite President of all time!!! \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffd\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u2665\ufe0f,\u201d she wrote via X.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mike-epps-apologizes-to-nicki-minaj-after-sexual-donald-trump-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mike-Epps-Apologizes-To-Nicki-Minaj-Feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mike-Epps-Apologizes-To-Nicki-Minaj-Feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mike-Epps-Apologizes-To-Nicki-Minaj-Feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mike-Epps-Apologizes-To-Nicki-Minaj-Feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mike-Epps-Apologizes-To-Nicki-Minaj-Feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mike-Epps-Apologizes-To-Nicki-Minaj-Feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mike-Epps-Apologizes-To-Nicki-Minaj-Feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mike-Epps-Apologizes-To-Nicki-Minaj-Feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mike-Epps-Apologizes-To-Nicki-Minaj-Feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mike-Epps-Apologizes-To-Nicki-Minaj-Feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mike-Epps-Apologizes-To-Nicki-Minaj-Feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1800%2C1012&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mike-Epps-Apologizes-To-Nicki-Minaj-Feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Mike Epps Apologizes to Nicki Minaj GettyImages-1423550920 GettyImages-2213622386\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mike-epps-apologizes-to-nicki-minaj-after-sexual-donald-trump-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Comedian Mike Epps Apologizes to Nicki Minaj After Sexual Donald Trump Joke<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMike Epps apologized to Nicki Minaj after ruffling some feathers with his bawdy humor during a comedy show. Epps, 55, joked about Minaj\u2019s support for President Donald Trump and his current administration, quipping to the live audience in Louisville, Kentucky, that she was \u201chaving a train ran on her by Donald Trump and them,\u201d during [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Minaj and Trump\u2019s friendship has been <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/nicki-minaj-receives-signed-bible-from-donald-trump-calls-it-meaningful\/\">well-documented over the years<\/a>, especially after he won his second term as president in November 2024.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The Grammy nominee has since become a frequent guest at Trump\u2019s events, including the 2026 Trump Accounts Summit in January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am probably the president\u2019s No. 1 fan, and that\u2019s not going to change,\u201d Minaj told the crowd after Trump summoned her on stage in Washington, D.C. \u201cThe hate \u2014 or what people have to say \u2014 it does not affect me at all. It actually motivates me to support him more. And it\u2019s going to motivate all of us to support him more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cWe\u2019re not going to let them get away with bullying him. He has a lot of force behind him, and God is protecting him. Amen?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump gave Nicki Minaj an eyebrow-raising shout-out during the White House Rose Garden luncheon. \u201cWe also have a woman that is so respected and so hot and so great and such a great friend of, I don\u2019t say conservative, I say of common sense,\u201d Trump, 80, told the Monday, July 6, event crowd, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2491034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21738],"class_list":["post-2491033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Donald-Trump-Calls-Nicki-Minaj-Hot-at-White-House-Luncheon.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2491033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2491035,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491033\/revisions\/2491035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2491034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2491033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2491033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2491033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}