{"id":17198,"date":"2026-07-25T22:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17198"},"modified":"2026-07-25T22:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:52:07","slug":"trump-makes-nicki-minaj-joke-at-wh-correspondents-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17198","title":{"rendered":"Trump Makes Nicki Minaj Joke At WH Correspondents&#8217; Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<section class=\"ione-key-points\">\n<ul>\n<li>Trump&#8217;s joke recycled racist &#8216;Black soldiers dancing&#8217; trope during Vietnam War.<\/li>\n<li>Nicki Minaj&#8217;s MAGA support seen as willingly enabling racist caricatures.<\/li>\n<li>Backlash highlights Trump&#8217;s history of using Black celebrities for photo ops.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bossip.com\/4563696\/gold-trump-statue-doral-miami\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4563696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump <\/a>took time during his White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner to bring racism to the forefront with a <a href=\"https:\/\/bossip.com\/4171627\/nicki-minaj-jd-vance-tweets-friendship\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4171627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MAGA Minaj<\/a> joke that\u2019s leaving a sour taste in some people\u2019s mouths. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?w=1024&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"President Trump Delivers Remarks During The Treasury Department's Trump Accounts Summit At Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium\" class=\"wp-image-4606508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=80 1024w, https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 300w, https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 768w, https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?resize=180%2C120&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 180w, https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 150w, https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?resize=75%2C50&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 75w, https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?resize=720%2C480&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 720w, https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?resize=900%2C600&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 900w, https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 450w, https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 600w, https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?resize=250%2C167&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 250w, https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?resize=220%2C147&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 220w, https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?resize=245%2C163&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 245w, https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?resize=129%2C86&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 129w, https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?resize=144%2C96&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 144w, https:\/\/bossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/1784998517301.jpg?resize=50%2C33&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Win McNamee \/ Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a portion of his prewritten jokes to the room of his supporters, he referred to the White House shooting incident that occurred during the event\u2019s first scheduled date in April and included a reference to Nicki Minaj in the process. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter hearing the gunshots, many people yelled, \u2018Get down!\u2019 which caused Nicki Minaj to start twerking,\u201d the President said. \u201cCan you believe it? She\u2019s the only one that really understood what that meant.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surely, Nicki won\u2019t mind the racial implications of Trump\u2019s insinuation that gunshots would be a cue for her to twerk, seeing as how she\u2019s been an avid supporter of his, going as far as showing up to White House events and advocating on his behalf. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much like the other notable Black figureheads that have come out in support of Trump\u2014looking at you, Stephen A. Smith\u2014whether Minaj will understand that there isn\u2019t truly a seat at the table for her remains to be seen. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, the internet is taking on the job of breaking down why Trump\u2019s comments hold significant weight in the never-ending fight against treating Black women like hypersexualized caricatures. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comedian Loni Love chimed in with a historical reference, pointing out that Trump\u2019s joke was seemingly a recycled one that once mocked Black soldiers lost in combat during the Vietnam War. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a stolen classic racist shock-humor riddle joke,\u201d she said in a post on X. \u201cThe original was \u2018why did more Black soldiers die during the Vietnam war? Because when they said get down they started dancing\u2026.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"\/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whew, chile. Racism is truly eternal. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, some users didn\u2019t find Trump\u2019s comments surprising, as his history of carting out Black celebrities willing to be used for nothing more than photo opportunities is well-documented. With some even pointing out that Nicki\u2019s presence amongst the MAGA loyalists was fraught with shame from the beginning, as her claims that Trump gifted her one of his gold citizenship cards were quickly disputed by his staffers. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cthis is racially charged but what could you expect from this racist clown when maga minaj willingly signed up for this,\u201d one social media user commented. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cproof that she\u2019s been nothing but a caricature of a black woman to him all this time. pathetic,\u201d said another. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone waiting on Nicki to make a statement worth hearing need not hold their breathe as she made it clear during her sit-down with Erika Kirk that she doesn\u2019t pay attention to the backlash from her allegiance to Trump. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re the cool kids. The other people, they\u2019re the ones who are still just disgruntled. But really, they\u2019re just disgruntled with themselves,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bossip.com\/4212671\/nicki-minaj-turning-point-usa-americafest-erika-kirk\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4212671\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Minaj told Kirk during a Turning Point USA panel<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cThey are angry with themselves, you guys, so you can\u2019t wake up and think about somebody who is determined to just stay mad. I literally tell them, \u2018Stay mad,\u2019 \u2019cause we\u2019re going to stay joyful and peaceful and iconic and smart, and we\u2019re gonna stay thinkers in a world that doesn\u2019t want us to think. We will think by ourselves, on our own. 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