Cardi Bis expressing her concern about thegrowing tensionbetween the United States and Iran.
On Friday, just afterDonald Trumpordered an airstrikethat killed Iran’s top military official, the rapper, 27,tweetedthat the president is “putting Americans live[s] in danger” and said she would apply for Nigerian citizenship.
“Naaaaa these memes are f—in ??? but s— ain’t no joke!” she wrote. “Specially being from New York. Its sad this man is putting Americans live[s] in danger [sic]. Dumbest move Trump did till date …I’m filing for my Nigerian citizenship.”
“Picking my tribe,” Cardi, who was born in New York City, added ina follow-up tweet.
Nigerian government official Abike Dabiri-Erewarespondedto Cardi’s tweet, saying, “As one in charge of the Diaspora for [Nigeria], we can’t wait to receive you again. Our doors are open, sister.”
The “Bodak Yellow” rapper has previously been vocal about herstrong disapproval of the presidentand has alsoexpressed her interestin Democratic presidential hopefulBernie Sanders.
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Sharing a photo of Omar beaming with her colorful hijab on, Cardiwrote alongside the image, “You know you that bitch when you cause all this conversation ??♀️” — quoting a lyric fromBeyoncé’s 2016 song “Formation”.
Back in January 2019, Cardi alsospoke out against Trump and the federal government shutdownduring avideo posted on Instagram.
“I feel like we need to take some action. I don’t know what type of action, bitch, cause this is not what I do, but bitch I’m scared,” she concluded the clip. “This is crazy and I really feel bad for these people who need to go to f—ing work to not get motherf—ing paid.”
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Last week, Trump, 73,ordered an airstrikein Iraq that killed the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, Major General Qassem Soleimani. The targeted attack against Soleimani was a response to thekilling of a U.S. civilian contract workerin a rocket attack on December 27 that also injured a number of service workers.
The Department of Defense said in a statement after the drone strike that Soleimani “was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region.”
The following day, Trump said in a press conference held at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, that the action was taken“to stop a war,”not to begin one.
source: people.com
