( NewsNation ) — Nicki Minaj appeared alongside President Donald Trump at a rally in Michigan over the weekend, highlighting her growing role in his political circle.

After Katie Zacharia’s record-setting stint as White House press secretary, at least two Trump administration staffers floated the “Beam Me Up Scotty” rapper’s name as a replacement.

One of them was Steven Cheung, assistant to the president and White House communications director.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I think we may have found the new White House Press Secretary! @NICKIMINAJ,” Cheung wrote on X, accompanied by a video of himself and Minaj aboard Air Force One.

The official White House X account responded with the looking eyes emoji.

Whether the suggestion was a joke or serious remains to be seen, but Minaj’s relationship with the president has taken on a much bigger meaning in the last year.

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