In an interview with Classic Rock magazine, Ice-T, the vocalist of Body Count, a hip-hop icon, actor, and director, offered his thoughts on the impending U.S. presidential election, in which Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris are engaged in a very close race.
You know, I despise Trump. I think Trump is an absolute piece of shit. I think people vote with their wallets, so they believe that he’s gonna potentially put money in their pockets and some shit. But it didn’t happen last time. I think the good thing about Trump is that he let the world see how fucked up the United States is. He let the world see how racist and how scandalous a great portion of our country is. Nobody can just look at dude and say he’s a solid motherfucker. He’s got more fucking felonies than all my criminal friends put together and doesn’t even have an ankle bracelet on. It’s just showing us how this country is operated and run, so it’s crazy.
He had similar feelings when interviewed in 2017, after Trump won the presidency.
I think we all were surprised that Trump won, because dude be lying. He’s a motherfucker. He didn’t never show his taxes. He’s the ultimate con artist. He’s the kind of rich person, when people say they don’t like rich people — that’s what they mean. I know Richard Branson, I know Mark Cuban — billionaires that you can sit up and kick it with. But Trump is an elitist. He’s a demagogue. And yeah, it’s scary, man. He’s got a lot of power. I come from the gang world, you know. You can’t just be talking shit and think the other gangs don’t hear you. You can’t talk the way he talks and think the rest of the world doesn’t see him as their enemy. Once the dude told the world, ‘I’m smarter than the generals,’ I knew we were up shit creek. But I predict his own supporters will turn on him in six to eight months. So let’s just cross our fingers.