Kanye West went to the White House today to meet and have lunch with the President, supposedly about prison reform. Prior to lunch, he and the President held an impromptu press gaggle in the Oval Office. I watched this live, except for the final couple of minutes as I had to take care of something. West, both just speaking off the cuff, as well as taking questions from the White House press corps as if he actually had any idea what he was talking about, was completely out of control. Including referencing his mental health issues and his IQ. Here’s the video of almost the full ten minutes of Kanye ranting and raving about everything from how the 13th Amendment needs to be repealed to do away with slavery (which is what the 13th Amendment does except for, in practical purposes, convicted, incarcerated prisoners), crime and violence in Chicago, manliness, his mental illness, his IQ, and a hydrogen powered airplane among other topics. And Jim Brown was there. I’m not sure why. I’m not sure Jim Brown knew why by the time this was all over.
Warning! This is unpleasant to watch. Warning!
Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle were a bit flabbergasted…
lol this reax from velshi and ruhle is amazing pic.twitter.com/QoJ0WkJS23
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 11, 2018
Apparently so was someone working either for the President or in the White House press corps.
Overheard in the White House press room after reporters left a rambling Oval Office pool spray with President Trump and Kanye West: "Working here is officially insane."
— Andrew Restuccia (@AndrewRestuccia) October 11, 2018
Kanye’s antics have now made him a security threat to the United States.
Every foreign intelligence service just mirrored it https://t.co/c4q1DOknZM
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) October 11, 2018
Who wants to place bets on the number of foreign intelligence services who already managed to clone Kanye’s phone today and will now be using that to intercept calls with POTUS? #BadPassword
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) October 11, 2018
I would not take this bet.
Also, the Oval Office is a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. As is much of the West Wing. How in the name of anyone’s Deity or Deities was Kanye allowed to bring his cellphone into the West Wing, let alone the Oval Office? This, in and of itself, is a major security breach. Of course letting a person with untreated mental illness because he’s chosen to stop taking his medication within arms’ length of the President is a major security breach as well.
Star of sex tape married to reality-TV star who broke through with a sex tape praises "male power" of a thrice-married POTUS who cheated on all of his wives — and disses first black President married to his first (and only) wife. But Kanye should be our black role model? GMAFB! https://t.co/EV7bmR0AF1
— Rob GobbleGobble (@RobGeorge) October 11, 2018
Aside from the obvious inanity on display here, mental illness and untreated mental illness is not a joke. If you or a loved one or a close friend needs help, here are some resources:
Here’s the link to the National Institute of Mental Health’s help for mental illnesses page.
Here’s the link to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
Open thread!
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