Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a vocal Donald Trump surrogate and former presidential candidate, claimed that the president-elect met with Kanye West at the Trump Tower to form a sort of celebrity smokescreen against criticism for his pick of Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson for his secretary of state.
As Trump named Tillerson to the coveted position, he met with West and provided the press with ample photo opportunities amid speculation as to why the controversial rapper met with him.
“Let’s face it, any pick Donald Trump makes for his Cabinet will set the liberal media hounds barking,” Huckabee, a Republican, wrote in a fundraising email. “But naming the CEO of Exxon as secretary of State is tossing a beef steak into a pound of pit bulls,” he noted. “The left’s howls of outrage over Rex Tillerson would have been the news of the day if Trump, a master media manipulator, hadn’t used their own tactics to outfox them.”
