Transcript for Kanye West visits the White House for a meeting with Trump
President trump was back at the white house where he held a photo op with Kanye west tonight. And Jonathan Karl was there. Reporter: A most unusual day at the white house. Love this guy right here. Reporter: President trump invited the cameras into the oval office for his meeting with rapper and provocateur Kanye west and football great Jim brown. West launching into an extended soliloquy about Donald Trump and his red make America great again hat. You know, they tried to scare me to not wear this hat. My own friends. But this hat, it gives me — it gives me power in a way. It was something about when I put this hat on, it made me feel like Superman. You made a Superman. That’s my favorite super hero. And you made a Superman cape for me. Reporter: The rapper’s meandering monologue touched on more than a dozen topics. The president almost seemed at a loss for words. I’ll tell you what, that was pretty impressive, folks. Reporter: The meeting, capped a frenetic 24-hours for the president that included a bill signing with kid rock and a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania. All the beautiful red hats, make America great again. Reporter: Despite all of this, the president says he is focused intently on the devastation of hurricane Michael. Do you have enough time to focus on hurricane? It’s a very busy day at the white house. Yeah, I do. I have a very busy day today. Yesterday I had a tremendous rally in Pennsylvania. I wasn’t going to disappoint thousands and thousands of people who had been standing in line in some cases for a day and a half. Reporter: The president is scheduled to take part in a rally tomorrow night in Ohio and another one tomorrow night in Kentucky. The white house says he will go to the disaster zone as soon as he is able to do so without interfering with recovery effort, likely early next week. David? All right, Jon Karl live at the white house.
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