Instead of going quiet, however, the rapper is doubling down, sharing her plans to attain citizenship in the United States “free of charge” under the “Trump Gold Card” program. Nicki Minaj has spent much of her life in the United States, but she’s not actually a United States citizen. She later moved to the United States to reunite with her mother, who had emigrated before her daughter. It is unclear exactly how long the process will take, but “Trump Gold Card” recipients are fast-tracked for citizenship. Nicki Minaj’s big citizenship announcement came after she received a “Trump Gold Card” directly from the president.