Nicki Minaj is making it clear that she's standing by Donald Trump after the president gave her a warm welcome during a recent visit to the White House.
In a video circulating on social media, Trump greeted the Queens rapper as she entered the Oval Office, referring to her as one of his favorites while acknowledging their longstanding relationship.
"There she is, my favorite," Trump said. "She's been with me for a long time, I won't say how long."
Minaj later caught wind of the clip after a fan account reposted it on X and responded with a message reaffirming her support for the president.
"Not going anywhere. Right where I need to be. 🙏🏽" she wrote.
The exchange comes as Minaj continues to embrace her relationship with Trump and his administration, a political shift that has drawn attention over the past year.
The 43-year-old rapper was recently in Washington, D.C., for the U.S. Small Business Administration's Million Dollar Pitch Competition, an event that gave aspiring entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their business ideas to a panel of celebrity judges.
Minaj joined Grant Cardone, Joe Gebbia and Dean Cain for the competition, which featured five finalists competing for a combined $1 million in prize money. Iowa-based plastic mold manufacturer Plas-Tech Tooling Inc. took home the $400,000 first-place prize.
Her latest White House appearance follows several previous engagements with the Trump administration. In January, Minaj appeared alongside the president during an announcement promoting Trump Accounts, an investment initiative for children. She also attended a White House Rose Garden luncheon over the summer.
Minaj's political alignment marks a notable departure from her earlier criticism of Trump's immigration policies.
In 2018, she spoke out against the separation of migrant families during his first administration, drawing from her own experience immigrating to the United States as a child.
"I came to this country as an illegal immigrant @ 5 years old. I can't imagine the horror of being in a strange place & having my parents stripped away from me at the age of 5," she wrote on Facebook at the time.
