One TikTok video describing the rapper’s recent views has received thousands of comments from former fans, with messages like “We will never forgive her for this,” and “I can’t believe she betrayed us”. From a woman who once encouraged her gay fans to be “fighters”, to “be brave” and empathised that she “could never imagine what they’re going through”, her recent support of alt-right figureheads like Erika Kirk and JD Vance has come as a massive shock to many.
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On 22nd December 2025, Nicki Minaj appeared on stage alongside Erika Kirk — the CEO of Turning Point USA and widow of Charlie Kirk – where she praised President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance as being “amazing role models”, before a foot-in-mouth situation where she referred to JD Vance as being like an “assassin”.
Immediately realising her poor choice of words – Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at a public event at Utah Valley University on September 10th 2025, by a lone gunman – Nicki Minaj appeared embarrassed while the former Miss Arizona Erika Kirk laughed it off, saying: “Trust me, there’s nothing new under the sun that I have not heard, so you’re fine. I love you. You have to laugh about it.”
At the same event, Nicki Minaj described Trump as “handsome” and “dashing”, saying “[The Trump administration] is full of people with heart and soul. They make me proud. Our Vice President — I love both of them. They are both powerful men. Smart, strong, all of that.”
She also appeared to take shots at the trans community, encouraging boys to ‘be boys’: “There’s nothing wrong with being a boy,” she said in the conversation with Erika. “How about that? How powerful is that? How profound is that? Boys will be boys, and there’s nothing wrong with that.”
On 19 December 2025, Minaj also surprised fans by backing US President Donald Trump’s claims of Christian persecution in Nigeria at an event organised by the US embassy to the UN in New York. “In Nigeria, Christians are being targeted,” Minaj said in her speech. “Churches have been burned, families have been torn apart… simply because of how they pray.” In November, Trump told how he would send troops into Nigeria “guns a-blazing” if its government “continues to allow the killing of Christians”.
Those aligned with Trump have been vocal about what they call a ‘Christian genocide’ in Nigeria amidst a wave of school abductions and horrifying killings of students. However, many of the victims involved are not only Christian, but of multiple faiths, according to reports, with exact data difficult to verify.