Donald Trump ready to run against Kanye West

By Benjamin SnyderManaging Editor
Benjamin SnyderManaging Editor

Benjamin Snyder is Fortune's managing editor, leading operations for the newsroom.

Prior to rejoining Fortune, he was a managing editor at Business Insider and has worked as an editor for Bloomberg, LinkedIn and CNBC, covering leadership stories, sports business, careers and business news. He started his career as a breaking news reporter at Fortune in 2014.

Donald Trump Makes Announcement At Trump Tower
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 16: Business mogul Donald Trump gives a speech as he announces his candidacy for the U.S. presidency at Trump Tower on June 16, 2015 in New York City. Trump is the 12th Republican who has announced running for the White House. (Photo by Christopher Gregory/Getty Images)
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Kim Kardashian won’t be the U.S. First Lady in 2020 if Donald Trump has anything to do with it.

Kardashian’s husband, Kanye West, announced his intention to run for president in 2020 last Sunday at the VMAs during an acceptance speech for the Video Vanguard award.

Now Donald Trump, who’s running in the 2016 election, has taken the opportunity to speak to the media about facing West in 2020.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, the real estate mogul-turned-GOP frontrunner praised his potential competitor: “He’s said very nice things about me in the past… extremely positive things,” Trump said.

He added: “I was actually watching, I saw him [announce he was running for president in 2020 on the VMAs], and I said, ‘That’s very interesting. I wonder who gave him that idea?'”

Trump continued: “He’s actually a different kind of person than people think. He’s a nice guy. I hope to run against him someday.”