Trump thanks Kanye West for support: ‘Very cool!’

President Trump on Wednesday thanked Kanye West for his tweet supporting the president.

“Thank you Kanye, very cool!” Trump wrote.

Thank you Kanye, very cool! https://t.co/vRIC87M21X

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 25, 2018

Trump also retweeted the rapper’s message, in which West said “the mob” can’t stop him from loving Trump and that the two men “are both dragon energy.”

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“We are both dragon energy. He is my brother,” he tweeted.

You don’t have to agree with trump but the mob can’t make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone. I don’t agree with everything anyone does. That’s what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought.

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018

West later clarified that support — after he said he got a call from his wife Kim Kardashian West — saying that he doesn’t “agree with everything Trump does.”

my wife just called me and she wanted me to make this clear to everyone. I don’t agree with everything Trump does. I don’t agree 100% with anyone but myself.

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018

West later tweeted a photo of a “Make America Great Again” hat that appeared to be signed by Trump.

my MAGA hat is signed pic.twitter.com/DrDHJybS8V

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018

Trump then retweeted Kanye’s photo. “MAGA!” the president wrote.

MAGA! https://t.co/jFf5ONASlv

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 25, 2018

Prior to Trump’s initial tweet, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday was asked if the two men had talked recently.

“I don’t know of any conversations they’ve had over the last week or so. I’ll keep you posted if that changes,” she said.

Trump and West had met during the presidential transition. West traveled to Trump Tower in New York City in December to meet with the president-elect.

Trump told reporters that they talked about “life” during the meeting.

“Just friends, just friends,” Trump said about the meeting. “And, uh, he’s a good man. We’ve been friends for a long time.”

West didn’t take questions from the reporters at the time, saying, “I just want to take a picture right now.”

Updated: 5:23 p.m.