Twitter Bewildered By Lil Wayne Posing With Trump

Twitter has been reeling since last night when Lil Wayne posted a picture with President Donald Trump.

The rapper met with the president to discuss Trump's "Platinum Plan," a program at boosting economic prosperity for black Americans. "He listened to what we had to say today and assured he will and can get it done," wrote Lil Wayne, real name Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.

Just had a great meeting with realdonaldtrump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">potus besides what he’s done so far with criminal reform, the platinum plan is going to give the community real ownership. He listened to what we had to say today and assured he will and can get it done. 🤙🏾 pic.twitter.com/Q9c5k1yMWf

— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) October 29, 2020

This is not the first time a rapper has cozied up with the President, although Wayne did not explicitly voice support for Trump as rappers Kanye West, Lil Pump, 50 Cent, and Ice Cube have in the past. Regardless, the optics of the image disappointed many on Twitter.

A reminder that people don't tend to get more conservative as they get older, they tend to get more conservative as they acquire more wealth. It's just that historically, those two have been intertwined https://t.co/wgrgDtdZZ2

— Kyle 🌱 (@KylePlantEmoji) October 29, 2020

Oh HELL NAW NOT WEEZY guess his shit gets no play in this ride no mo https://t.co/1UPDQr2kSL

— ThaRealSanFran49er (@fran49er) October 30, 2020

man i was just listening to carter 4. https://t.co/8jiArBoYUs pic.twitter.com/jE9Hi5GSzF

— chief keef fan (@sherman_2319) October 30, 2020

weezy F baby and the F is for fascism https://t.co/WUlbcW1DDs

— :-)issac (@iscxvr) October 29, 2020

The picture was also celebrated by conservatives who gloated about having the prominent rapper apparently on their side, imagining it would make various liberals spontaneously combust.

Yooooo @chelseahandler is gonna EXPLODE!!!
😂😂😂. (Someone film it) https://t.co/5CYuQKovRg

— Nicole Arbour (@NicoleArbour) October 30, 2020

Liberals head exploding in 3…2…1 🤣 https://t.co/gRC9slimOP

— Jim Osman (@EdgeCGroup) October 29, 2020

Left wingers will explode

— Jonny 5 (@jonny5crypto) October 29, 2020

Rapper Lil Jon, in his Lil Jon way, had a very calm take on the situation.

HOW ABOUT FUCKKKK NOOOOOO https://t.co/Yo9KRvt93j

— LILJON (@LilJon) October 30, 2020