Trump considered hosting Kanye West church service at White House to 'unify the country'

Donald Trump apparently had some unconventional ideas about fostering national unity during his presidency.

On Tuesday’s episode of “Watch What Happens Live,” Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as White House communications director from April to December 2020, revealed one particularly unusual suggestion from Trump.

When a caller asked about her “wildest” experience on the job, Griffin recounted, “This is going to be dark. To be honest, one day he wanted to have Kanye West come and do a church service on the White House lawn to ‘unify the country,’ and I can think of few things less unifying than that.”

Griffin explained that the proposal was quickly dismissed. “We were like, ‘Not the time or place, sir,’” she continued.

Kanye West, now known as Ye, began holding “Sunday Services” in 2019.

Despite Trump’s idea, Ye’s close association with the former president likely wouldn’t have brought the desired unity.

Ye endorsed Trump in 2016, frequently wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat and meeting with Trump at the White House in 2018, where he declared he was on his “hero’s journey.”

However, Ye later distanced himself, claiming in 2020 that he no longer supported Trump and didn’t vote in 2016.

Despite this, Ye dined with Trump in 2022, even after Trump mocked Ye’s “loony tendencies.” Ye has openly discussed his bipolar disorder.

Ye’s 2020 presidential bid garnered about 60,000 votes.

In 2022, he faced backlash for antisemitic remarks, leading to significant financial losses as various companies severed ties with him.

White nationalist Nick Fuentes also attended Ye’s 2022 dinner with Trump. Ye eventually apologized for his antisemitic comments in Hebrew.

As the 2024 Republican nominee for president, Trump is set to debate Vice President Kamala Harris, the potential new Democratic nominee, later this summer.