Nicki Minaj defends Trump against what she calls 'bullying,' expressing that she 'couldn't handle' the way he was being treated.

Nicki Minaj acknowledged President Donald Trump for motivating her to step outside her comfort zone. In a special segment from Katie Miller's podcast, the "Super Bass" artist shared how she "couldn't handle" to see Trump being subjected to "bullying" by the public. "Religious freedom is something that's very important to me" Minaj stated when questioned about the specific issues that attracted her to conservative ideals. "BBut if I'm being honest, President Trump … because when I saw how he was being treated over and over and over, I just couldn't handle it."

She continued, "I felt that same, you know, a lot of that bullying in this man's campaign, and all of the lying. I felt that that had been done to me for so many years, and I was watching it in real time happen to someone else, and I didn't think he deserved it. And it made me think, I can't do this anymore." Minaj and Trump gained attention on Wednesday after they were seen holding hands at the U.S. Treasury Department's Trump Accounts Summit. On social media, Minaj referred to herself as Trump's "number one fan."

During the podcast discussion, Minaj confessed that her newfound interest in politics isn't as recent as it might seem. "I think that people's steps are aligned," Minaj told Miller. "I used to always tell people this when I was growing up, but like, I had this strong premonition my whole life that I had a second job to do. And this was, by the way, this was before I even made it in rap." The "Anaconda" artist admitted that there was still a part of her that insisted she had "another thing to do" beyond the entertainment industry, and she practically manifested her entry into the political arena.

"So actually, the first time I said it out loud or text it, it was during the last campaign, the presidential campaign, this last one, I saw something and I texted someone I knew right away, and I said, ‘This is a mistake,’" Minaj revealed. "I also said, ‘All of this is making me want to get into politics.’ So the last thing that really did it was me seeing certain things. The campaign … the presidential campaign, and knowing that I could help because the things I was saying, it was happening."

Minaj elaborated, "Like I was saying, ‘Oh, this is a bad idea,’ or, ‘This is a good idea’… and the things I was saying were coming to fruition." Observing my words transform into actions in real time, the "Starships" artist felt convinced that "it was easy" to step into politics. "It made me think, ‘Oh, this is probably, this is easy.’ I mean, if it's this easy, then maybe I should do it," Minaj stated. "Then there was something that happened a few months ago that, if I wasn't going to do it before… something happened a couple months ago."

When prompted to elaborate on the event, Minaj was reluctant to provide further information. "I don't want to talk about it, but I'll say that sometimes people can push you so much that they push you all the way into your next calling, into your next blessing, into your next life," she shared. "And that's what happened with me."