{"id":2555597,"date":"2026-01-28T13:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-trots-out-nicki-minaj-to-sell-trump-accounts-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T13:02:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:02:56","slug":"white-house-trots-out-nicki-minaj-to-sell-trump-accounts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-trots-out-nicki-minaj-to-sell-trump-accounts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"White House trots out Nicki Minaj to sell &#8216;Trump accounts&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-trots-out-nicki-minaj-to-sell-trump-accounts-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2555597&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Trump brought rapper Nicki Minaj onstage at a Treasury Department \u201cTrump Accounts Summit\u201d in Washington to help promote newly announced \u201cTrump accounts,\u201d part of the administration\u2019s affordability push ahead of the 2026 midterms. Minaj\u2014who previously praised Trump for intervening on behalf of Christians in Nigeria and spoke at the U.N.\u2014called herself his \u201cNo. 1 fan,\u201d defended him against critics, and said she would personally contribute \u201chundreds of thousands\u201d of dollars to the accounts to benefit her fans and support families.<\/p>\n<p>The accounts, set to launch July 4 as part of the America 250 party, will receive an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >initial federal investment<\/a> of $1,000 for every child born to U.S. citizens between Jan. 1, 2025, and dec. 31, 2028. Parents, employers, and private donors can add up to $5,000 per year; officials say the accounts could grow to \u201chundreds of thousands\u201d by a child\u2019s 18th birthday. The administration is also seeking philanthropic participation through a \u201c50 State Challenge\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-trots-out-nicki-minaj-to-sell-trump-accounts\/\" title=\"White House trots out ... to sell &#039;...&#039;\">seed accounts nationwide<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">White House trots out Nicki Minaj to sell &lsquo;Trump accounts&rsquo; amid 2026 affordability blitz<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2421395\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4434695\/trump-immigration-unstuck-minnesota-shooting-operation-damage-control\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;enlisted the help of Nicki Minaj, Make America Great Again&rsquo;s newest superstar, on Wednesday to tout his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-cisa-chief-dodged-questions-about-election-censorship\/\" title=\"Jordan: CISA Chief Dodged Questions About Election Censorship\">newly created &#038;ldquo<\/a>;Trump accounts,&rdquo; a signature pillar of the administration&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\">economic<\/a> push ahead of the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Minaj, a Trinidadian-born rapper, first caught the president&rsquo;s eye after <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3890897\/nicki-minaj-nigerian-christian-persecution-demands-urgent-action-unite-humanity\/\">publicly thanking him<\/a> for intervening on behalf of Christians in Nigeria late last year. Her comments earned her a speaking spot before the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3890897\/nicki-minaj-nigerian-christian-persecution-demands-urgent-action-unite-humanity\/\">United Nations<\/a>, backing the Trump administration&rsquo;s stance on the issue, but Wednesday&rsquo;s event marked the first time Trump and Minaj shared the same stage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4436696\/trump-warns-jacob-frey-playing-with-fire-failing-enforce-federal-immigration-laws-minneapolis\/\">Trump warns Minneapolis mayor is &#8216;PLAYING WITH FIRE&#8217; by failing to enforce federal immigration laws<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4436662\/watch-live-trump-speaks-at-treasury-about-trump-accounts\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks at Treasury about Trump accounts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4436598\/trump-threatens-attack-iran-worse-than-midnight-hammer-military-buildup-in-region\/\">Trump threatens attack on Iran worse than &#8216;Midnight Hammer&#8217; with military buildup in the region<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4433652\/trump-tim-walz-similar-wavelength-ice-minnesota\/\">Trump<\/a> called out the &ldquo;Super Bass&rdquo; hitmaker during the middle of his remarks and invited her up to the microphone.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to let my nails grow because I love those nails,&rdquo; he joked before embracing the Queen of Rap and briefly surrendering the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what to say, but I will say that I am probably the president&rsquo;s No. 1 fan, and that&rsquo;s not going to change,&rdquo; Minaj told the gathered audience at the Mellon Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The hate or whatever people have to say &mdash; it does not affect me at all. It actually motivates me to support him more, and it&rsquo;s going to motivate all of us to support him more,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re not going to let them get away with bullying him, and you know, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4411062\/petition-to-deport-nicki-minaj-draws-over-50k-signatures-after-rapper-praises-trump\/\">smear campaigns<\/a>, it&rsquo;s not going to work, OK? He has a lot of force behind him, and God is protecting him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Minaj wasn&rsquo;t just a guest speaker on Wednesday. She also announced that she would personally contribute &ldquo;hundreds of thousands&rdquo; of dollars to the Trump accounts to benefit the &ldquo;Barbz,&rdquo; a nickname for her massive fan base.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I absolutely love my Barbz,&rdquo; she said in a statement ahead of the event. &ldquo;I want to see them bring healthy and successful children into the world. Becoming a mother was the greatest thing that&rsquo;s ever happened to me, and I want others to experience the same joy my son has brought into my life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know raising a child can be expensive and challenging at times,&rdquo; the 43-year-old explained. &ldquo;So I&rsquo;m committed to doing whatever I can to support them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/treasury-department\/\">Treasury Department<\/a> billed Wednesday&rsquo;s event as the &ldquo;Trump Accounts Summit.&rdquo; It was the second stand-alone event highlighting the president&rsquo;s new investment accounts since December. The accounts are set to launch on July 4, as part of the administration&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\">America 250<\/a> celebration.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4436051\/trump-flexes-clout-against-indiana-foes-as-affordability-and-deportation-headwinds-grow\/\"><strong>TRUMP FLEXES CLOUT AGAINST INDIANA FOES AS AFFORDABILITY AND DEPORTATION HEADWINDS GROW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The federal government will invest an initial $1,000 into Trump accounts for every child born to American citizens between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028. Parents, employers, and private individuals may make additional contributions, capped at $5,000 annually, to the accounts, which administration officials say could grow to hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time a child turns 18.<\/p>\n<p>The administration is also actively courting philanthropists across the country to take part in its &ldquo;50 State Challenge,&rdquo; in which they personally contribute to initial investments in Trump accounts owned by children in all 50 states.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicki Minaj touts Trump &#8216;accounts&#8217; program<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2555598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26028618100944.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[66342,3634,32127],"class_list":["post-2555597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-nicki-minaj","tag-trump","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26028618100944.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2555597"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2555602,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555597\/revisions\/2555602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2555598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2555597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2555597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2555597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}