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I noticed that all the people helping out the really fast rapper have totally ignored all of his past assaults whether they be against men or women.

How about devoting some of this energy to people who aren’t famous or get your name in headlines?

A$AP Rocky

Trump sent America’s top hostage negotiator to Sweden for A$AP Rocky’s trial

Rapper A$AP Rocky’s trial began in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday, and the Trump administration sent a very notable guest: the US presidential envoy for hostage affairs.

The New York Times and Politico reported that Robert C. O’Brien, the US top diplomat responsible for negotiating the release of Americans held abroad, is in Stockholm to monitor the trial of A$AP Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers.

Rocky and two members of his entourage have been charged with assault. His arrest became a sore point in the US-Sweden relationship last week when President Donald Trump personally intervened in the case, speaking directly with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, and then made that involvement very public on Twitter.

Prosecutors say Rocky, who pleaded not guilty to the charges on Tuesday, assaulted 19-year-old Mustafa Jafari last month while in Sweden on a music tour. Rocky has said he was acting in self-defense, as Jafari was following him and harassing others. If convicted, Rocky could face up to two years in prison.

The rapper has been held in custody since about July 5, though he wasn’t formally charged until last week. Some of his defenders have decried the terms of his detainment, saying he has been held in unsanitary conditions and put in solitary confinement.

And then, Trump stepped in — reportedly at the prompting of Kanye West and his wife, Kim Kardashian West. Trump advertised his diplomatic efforts in a series of rather undiplomatic tweets in which he promised to pay Rocky’s bail (Sweden doesn’t have a bail system). He accused Sweden of not treating Americans fairly and nodding to an old conspiracy theory about immigrant crime in Sweden.

“We do so much for Sweden but it doesn’t seem to work the other way around,” Trump tweeted on July 20. “Sweden should focus on its real crime problem!” – Source


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