Diddy has sought every way out of his potential doom within the last year, and a recent report suggested that he may go to President Donald Trump for a pardon if he is convicted in his current trafficking trial. 50 Cent, the constant thorn in the controversial mogul’s side, has now reminded him why Trump may not be willing to help him out by sharing a few old clips.
In October 2020, Puff sat down with Charlamagne Tha God for an interview ahead of the 2020 presidential election. He emphatically endorsed Joe Biden’s candidacy and announced the launch of Our Black Party, a collective focused on advocacy for the African American community. Fif shared a portion of their conversation on his Instagram.
“If Trump gets elected, I really do believe in my heart there will be a race war,” the Bad Boy co-founder said in the clip. “That’s why this message is not just to Black people, you know what I’m saying? This message is to everybody. This man is really trying to turn us against each other and put us in a situation. America messed up.” In a second clip, the former REVOLT chairman took things even further and said, “White men like Trump need to be banished.” Watch the clips below.
Time and different circumstances have seemingly changed Diddy’s tune on Donald Trump, as he is reportedly “angling” for a presidential pardon if he is convicted. If found guilty, the 55-year-old artist could face life in prison. “He’s willing to do anything to get out of jail,” a source who has been close to the “Last Night” artist for a decade told Rolling Stone. “He’s always been this way. He’s always going to do what he has to do to get out of a situation.”
“Brother Love” couldn’t have found himself in this situation at a better time. Just last week, Trump pardoned YoungBoy Never Broke Again, who had been recently reprimanded for gun-related charges. YB had been released from federal prison in March and sent to home confinement in Utah due to credit for time served, which ended in April. With this pardon, he won’t have to follow any probation terms, the worst of which was drug testing.
Trump also commuted Larry Hoover’s federal life sentence for operating a criminal enterprise last week. The kingpin isn’t completely off the hook, though; while he gets to leave the supermax facility in Colorado, he returns home to Illinois to continue serving his 150 to 200-year sentence for a murder he committed in Chicago in 1973. Nonetheless, Diddy may find himself needing Trump’s help at the most opportune time.
This past Friday (May 30), Donald Trump was asked about his willingness to help Diddy. “I haven’t spoken to him in years,” he told Fox News. “He used to really like me a lot, but I think when I ran for politics, that relationship busted up, from what I read. I don’t know, he didn’t tell me that. But I’d read some … nasty statements in the paper all of a sudden.”
The 78-year-old President admitted that he had to keep the United States in mind when considering what to do with Diddy’s personal affairs. “You know, it’s different,” he said. “You become a much different person when you run for politics, and you do what’s right. I could do other things, and I’m sure he’d like me, and I’m sure other people would like me, but it wouldn’t be as good for our country.”
Ultimately, he didn’t have a final answer on what he would do at the time. “It’s not a popularity contest, so I don’t know,” he admitted. “I would certainly look at the facts. If I think somebody was mistreated, whether they like me or don’t like me, it wouldn’t have any impact on me.”
Sean “Diddy” Combs (L) and Donald J. Trump attend the 1998 Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge at the Bridgehampton Polo Club in Long Island, New York, on August 16, 1998. (Photo by Steve Eichner/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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