Fans are criticizing French Montana for getting close to Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump. Lara is married to Trump’s son Eric and, like the rest of the Trump family, has been criticized for her views. One issue the Trump family feels particularly strongly about is immigration. Montana is Moroccan from a Muslim household, immigrating to the United States with his family when he was 13. He was not a full US citizen until 2018, at the age of 34.
French Montana took to Instagram to post a photo and a video of him and Lara Trump in the studio together. Trump is also the co-chair of the Republican National Committee. She delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention earlier this month, giving an unsurprising endorsement of her father-in-law's reelection campaign. Fans criticized Montana for the move, believing it directly contradicts his own history as an immigrant. "Project 2025 literally says they want to ban Muslims and send all the immigrants back to their homeland, so good luck with that," said one of the top replies to Montana's post. At the beginning of Donald Trump's presidency, he signed an executive order banning travel from six primarily Muslim countries. Project 2025, the conservative "to-do list" in the event of a second Trump term, outlines further plans to restrict their rights in the United States.
French Montana Criticized For Becoming Friends With Lara Trump
French Montana is far from the only rapper to show support for Donald Trump. Kodak Black recently reiterated his views, which he first publicized after Trump pardoned him in 2021. Benny The Butcher confirmed his stance earlier this year, even saying he had an opportunity to meet Trump. He declined the offer. Sexyy Red said she wanted Trump back in office on a podcast appearance in October 2023, a stance she has held ever since. She performed with a giant "Make America Sexyy Again" hat on stage at Rolling Loud California earlier this year.
French Montana's latest move comes shortly after he associated with another far-right figure: accused rapist and social media personality Andrew Tate. Montana brought out Tate during a recent festival appearance in Romania and said, “Romania loves you, my brother.” He then dedicated a song to Tate, who later asked those in attendance to chant “escape the matrix." Montana has had an interesting last two weeks, and based on the replies to his latest post, disappointed many of his fans by aligning with two highly controversial figures.
