President Trump is set to have lunch this week with Kanye West. West will be at the White House Thursday to meet with President Trump and advisor Jared Kushner to discuss prison reform and gang violence.
According to CBS News:
Following in the steps of his reality TV star wife-turned-activist Kim Kardashian West, rapper Kanye West will be meeting with President Trump and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner at the White House on Thursday.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed to the White House TV pool that West will be joining the president for lunch, and also meeting with Kushner.
“Topics of discussions will include manufacturing resurgence in America, prison reform, how to prevent gang violence, and what can be done to reduce violence in Chicago,” Sanders said in a statement.
The president, who has espoused the importance of due process and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, voiced his own ideas about how to reduce crime in Chicago during a speech to police in Orlando Monday — trying out “stop-and-frisk,” like tactics New York City has employed in the past.
West has been criticized for his support of Trump but is still willing to work with him to address the problems facing America’s cities.
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