US President Barack Obama offered advice
Saturday to Kanye West on the rapper’s
improbable White House bid — telling him that
reality TV might be good training for
Washington.

West, who has declared with an unclear
degree of seriousness that he will run for
president in 2020, was performing at a
fundraiser for Obama’s Democratic Party in
San Francisco.

Addressing supporters who paid up to $10,000
a ticket, teased that he had campaign advice
for West, who is married to reality television
star Kim Kardashian.

“First of all, you’ve got to spend a lot of time
dealing with some strange characters who
behave like they’re on a reality TV show,”
Obama said to laughter.

Obama joked that the background of West —
like Obama, an African-American who spent
formative years in Chicago — may not be
entirely far-fetched for the presidency.

“Do you really think that this country is going
to elect a black guy from the South Side of
Chicago with a funny name to be president of
the United States? That is crazy,” Obama said
to applause.

But Obama noted that the title of one of
West’s albums may prove to be a political
liability.

“Saying you have a ‘Beautiful Dark Twisted
Fantasy’ — that’s what’s known as ‘off-
message’ in politics,” Obama said, referring to
West’s chart-topping 2010 album.

Obama did not resist taking a jab at the rival
Republican Party, whose leadership in the
House of Representatives is in disarray, saying
that he heard “Kanye is thinking of running for
speaker of the House.”

West, who is known for his brash self-
confidence and has likened himself to
Michelangelo, declared in August at the MTV
Video Music Awards that he plans to run for
president in 2020.

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