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Kanye West has launched into everything from prison reform to how Donald Trump makes him feel like “Superman” as part of a surreal meeting in the White House. West, who lavished praise on the Trump ahead of a planned lunch, launched into a nearly 10-minute monologue that Trump called “quite something”. Referring the Make America Great Again hat he was wearing while sat across from Trump in the Oval Office, he said that it felt like it gave him “power”.

West added, “There was something about putting this hat on that made me feel like Superman”. The speech was spanned topics from his mental health. West said that he didn’t have bipolar disorder, but was merely “sleep deprived” and violence in Chicago. The rapper has been criticized over his support for Trump, including after a recent appearance on Saturday Night Live on NBC. He said, “People expect that if you’re black you have to be Democrat. He added, “What I need Saturday Night Live to improve on, what I need the liberals to improve on: if he doesn’t look good, we don’t look good”.

West also said that he would like Trump to ditch talk regarding persuading police in Chicago to institute stop and frisk policies to crack down on crime and violence. He said to Trump, “I didn’t mean to put you on the spot, bro”. “I’m open to everything about the subject”. Trump said that West could speak for him “any time” as he was a “smart cookie”. The White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said that Trump and his guests including former NFL running back Jim Brown, White House advisors Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump will discuss potential future pardons for convicts along with “addressing the massive violent crime surge in Chicago” and efforts to create jobs for black Americans.