"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," one of his tweets read.
Trump responded to his tweet saying, "Thank you, Kanye, very cool."
Fellow musicians John Legend and Chance the Rapper also got involved, with each offering their take.
Legend reached out to West directly, urging him to reconsider "aligning [himself] with Trump." Kanye posted a screenshot of their text exchange on Twitter.
Legend's wife Chrissy Teigen jokingly tweeted "are we still doing dinner Friday or no lol" at Kim Kardashian West. Teigen's Instagram stories from the weekend suggested that they were, indeed, still on for dinner.
Chance the Rapper initially came to West's defense, tweeting "Black people don't have to be democrats." He later apologized.