News Americas, Washington, D.C., Jan. 28, 2026: Trinidad and Tobago–born rapper Nicki Minaj is now publicly embracing former President Donald Trump – calling herself his “No. US President Donald Trump (R) greets Trinidadian rapper and singer-songwriter Nicki Minaj during an event on ‘Trump Accounts’ at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2026. In 2020, she said she would not “jump on the Donald Trump bandwagon,” and had previously spoken openly about coming to the United States as an undocumented child. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Minaj’s appearance at the Treasury summit is part of a broader pattern of increasingly visible alignment with conservative causes. “I have the utmost respect and admiration for our president,” Minaj said at a recent event.