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A 13 December 2016 meeting between President-elect Donald Trump and hip-hop artist Kanye West led to immediate rumors that the entertainer had been offered or appointed to a position in the new administration's cabinet. West had made controversial comments at a November 2016 concert stating that he would have voted for Trump — if he had voted at all. West and Trump expressed mutual admiration and gamely posed together after the meeting (but took no questions): In some versions, Trump was said to have appointed West as his vice president, but that job was already taken by Mike Pence: Fake news outlet Satira Tribune mocked West's hospitalization, which was widely attributed in news reports as related to post-traumatic stress and exhaustion. Satira Tribune asserted Trump appointed West as his Mental Health Advisor: A third story, which was more easily recognizable as fabrication, came from The Beaverton. This particular article was clearly inspired by West's infamous September 2005 off-script remarks during a Hurricane Katrina fundraiser: West sent several tweets after the meeting providing further details: Kanye West said that he would not be pursuing a presidential run, and did not say that he had been offered any cabinet position. Circulating claims to the contrary were either fake news, or misconstrued claims from outlets outside the United States.
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