President Trump said Thursday that Kanye West has been a friend of his for a long time and has helped increase his popularity among the African-American community.

“I like [Kanye] a lot. He’s been a friend of mine, I’ve known him a long time,” Trump told “Fox and Friends” Thursday morning. “When Kanye came out a couple months ago, something happened, my polls went up like 25 percent.”

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