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Azealia Banks endorses Donald Trump in epic Twitter rant: “We may as well put a piece of s**t in the White House”

Banks outlined her unexpected support in a series of tweets in her signature bonkers/high-satire style

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Azealia Banks (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-667657p1.html'>Christian Bertrand</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)
Azealia Banks (Christian Bertrand via Shutterstock)

Controversial rapper Azealia Banks made a brave (read: “ill-advised”) announcement concerning the 2016 election via her Twitter last night:

And she has an alliterative (if not substantive) argument in favor of doing so:

And maybe some of you aren’t convinced by Trump’s big business-busting balls, so Banks rattled off a little over a dozen more reasons why #Trump2016 is the logical choice. Among the more persuasive:

At this point Banks’ pro-Trump rant makes sense for what it is and should be: satire. Trump is a capitalist bully. Proceed:

Also, a Trump presidency would be … the next step toward reparations?

If at this point it’s becoming too tough to differentiate Banks’ veiled critique from an endorsement of the status quo, don’t sweat it; this definitive summation should help tie up any loose ends:

Now that we’ve sifted through and found her thesis, I wonder: Why take such a roundabout path to reach such a reductive conclusion?:

Of course.

Is Azealia Banks Endorsing Donald Trump?

By Brendan Gauthier

Brendan Gauthier is a freelance writer.


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