Former President Donald Trump took a break from bashing public officers in his New York civil fraud case and his 2024 rivals to tackle Kim Kardashian.
In a rambling Truth Social rant, the previous president called the truth TV star-turned-social justice campaigner the “World’s most overrated celebrity.”
His criticism comes as Jonathan Karl writes in his new guide, Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party, how the truth star leveraged her movie star to induce the then-president to commute sure jail sentences.
Karl, a journalist for ABC News, writes that on a number of events throughout Mr Trump’s presidency, Ms Kardashian went to the White House to advocate for prison justice reform.
And he states that Mr Trump requested Ms Kardashian to deliver soccer stars, who she was pals with, to the White House.
“This story is Fake News in that she would be the last person I asked to get football players,” Mr Trump wrote in his Truth Social tirade. “I’ve had many teams, from all sports and leagues, in the White House. If there was even a slight reluctance, I would immediately withdraw the invitation, there would be NO Negotiation – But this did not happen often.”
In May 2018, Ms Kardashian spoke to Mr Trump within the Oval Office to particularly advocate for him to commute Alice Marie Johnson’s sentence. She wrote on social media on the time: “I would like to thank President Trump for his time this afternoon. It is our hope that the President will grant clemency to Ms. Alice Marie Johnson who is serving a life sentence for a first-time, non-violent drug offense.”
Just one month later, Mr Trump commuted Johnson’s sentence.
Now, the previous president acknowledged that he helped “with prisoner commutation,” however “only if deserving, and much more so for Kanye West than for Kim, who probably voted for Crooked Joe Biden.”
Ms Kardashian’s ex-husband, Ye, previously often known as Kanye West and Mr Trump have a well-documented relationship. Ye additionally met with Mr Trump on the White House throughout his presidency, allegedly requested Mr Trump to function his working mate in 2024 — a race he has seemingly deserted — and attended an notorious dinner with Mr Trump and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago in 2022.