Is Kanye West’s Trump Embrace Performance Art? Here’s a Theory

Fans are trying to explain the rapper’s behavior

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Kanye West’s behavior over the past couple weeks, including his comment about slavery being a “choice” and verbal bear hug of the president, has social media scrambling to explain the Grammy winner’s tweets… and wild yet plausible fan theories have been born.

One theory, involving Andy Kaufman and a coyote, is laid out here in a giant Twitter thread.

What it boils down to is this: that West is in the middle of an elaborate piece of performance art with the help of his friend Tremaine Emory, and he’s currently fooling us all.

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