The US president praised Kanye West and believed he still supported him, after the American rapper announced he would join the race to the White House.

"He always supports us, and so does his wife," US President Trump said in an interview with Fox News on July 9, referring to rapper Kanye West and reality TV star Kim Kardashian West.

West, 43, wrote on July 4 on Twitter that he would join the race to the White House.

In an interview with Fox News, Trump not only criticized West, but also believed that the rapper would always support his re-election.

West was a supporter of Trump and was invited by the President to the White House.

The rapper rejected his move to tacitly help Trump, by dividing colored voters and damaging the chances of election of Democratic candidate Joe Biden, Trump's opponent in this year's presidential election.

When there were only 4 months left until the election day, West needed to register with the Federal Election Commission, present the campaign background, collect enough signatures to put his name on the ballot in November.

Kanye West was born in 1977 in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

During a visit to the White House in October 2018, West hugged Trump and said "I love this man".

West first announced his intention to run for president at the 2015 MTV Music Video Awards. He ended his acceptance speech by saying he would run in 2020. But in January 2019, he