{"id":1236367881,"date":"2026-10-26T13:19:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T17:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/?p=1236367881"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T17:20:07","slug":"nicki-minaj-air-force-one-trump-press-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/nicki-minaj-air-force-one-trump-press-secretary-1236367881\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicki Minaj Enjoys Air Force One Trip After Trump Staffer Suggests She Take Over Press Secretary&nbsp;Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"\n>\n\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/nicki-minaj\/\"  >Nicki Minaj <\/a>rode in style to a <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/donald-trump-praises-minaj-ass-michigan-rally-press-secretary-1236367750\/\"  >Republican rally i<\/a>n Port Huron, Mich., on Sunday (Oct. 25), as she joined <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/donald-trump\"  >Donald Trump<\/a> and members of his administration on Air Force One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"\n>\n\tThe rapper shared a video of herself on the presidential jet on X Sunday (Oct. 25), walking around the lavish aircraft as she adjusted her hair. &#8220;#AirForceOneBARBIE,&#8221; she captioned the clip along with an airplane emoji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t\n\t\n<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n\n\t\t\t<a  tabindex=\"0\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/nicki-minaj-trump-vance-arizona-turning-point-usa-1236144043\/\"  class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"  >\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/erika-kirk-nicki-minaj-dec-21-2025-billboard-1800.png?w=237&#038;h=147&#038;crop=1\" alt=\"Erika Kirk Nicki Minaj\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\">\n\n\t\n<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"c_title \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tNicki Minaj Surprises Conservatives With Praise for Trump, Vance at Arizona&nbsp;Event\t\t\n\t\n<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\">\n\t\t\n<\/time>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n\n\t\t\t<a  tabindex=\"0\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/donald-trump-praises-minaj-ass-michigan-rally-press-secretary-1236367750\/\"  class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"  >\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2301983103-e1793048569350.jpg?w=237&#038;h=147&#038;crop=1\" alt=\"Nicki Minaj greets U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at McMorran Place Sports &amp; Entertainment Center on Oct. 25, 2026, in Port Huron, Mich.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\">\n\n\t\n<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"c_title \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tDonald Trump Praises Nicki Minaj&#8217;s Most &#8216;Beautiful&#8217; Asset at Michigan Rally: &#8216;Stand Up, That&#8217;s Hard to&nbsp;Miss&#8217;\t\t\n\t\n<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\">\n\t\t\n<\/time>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n\n\t\t\t<a  tabindex=\"0\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/trump-nicki-minaj-rose-garden-club-lunch-1236288418\/\"  class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"  >\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2258686448-e1778768204913.jpg?w=237&#038;h=147&#038;crop=1\" alt=\"Nicki Minaj Donald Trump\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\">\n\n\t\n<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"c_title \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPresident Trump Praises &#8216;Hot&#8217; 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The Queens rapper continued the love affair, gushing about the president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"\n>\n\t&#8220;President Trump, it is an honor to stand with you every single time,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And I will continue to support you forever and ever. If you run again, I will support you again.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"\n>\n\tMinaj continued: &#8220;I am so honored to be working with this president. He represents resilience. Since he&#8217;s come back, he&#8217;s changed the energy of our country. And he&#8217;s given us a future to look forward to, a brighter future for us and our children.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\">