Is Kim Kardashian actually going MAGA?
Kim Kardashian’s career has been one big guessing game. Since founding the extremely successful shapewear company Skims in 2019, the reality-star-turned-lifestyle-influencer has embarked on a number of surprising if not totally puzzling ventures, from trying to become a lawyer to starring in a poorly rated season of American Horror Story to filming an eerie “Santa […]
Kim Kardashian’s career has been one big guessing game. Since founding the extremely successful shapewear company Skims in 2019, the reality-star-turned-lifestyle-influencer has embarked on a number of surprising if not totally puzzling ventures, from trying to become a lawyer to starring in a poorly rated season of American Horror Story to filming an eerie “Santa Baby” music video. Thanks to her recent Instagram activity, though, her followers have already started to suspect her next move.
The theory is that Kardashian is making a rightward turn, cozying up to those currently in power as she continues to grow her economic empire and align herself with the world’s most powerful business leaders. While not a foregone conclusion, it’s all in the tea leaves. Let’s back up.
Earlier this month, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a cheery photo of himself on Instagram wearing a hoodie that read “Kim is my lawyer” with the caption “My only appropriate hoodie.” Kardashian commented with “Hahaha I love it!!!” before sharing the selfie on her Instagram Stories.
It still isn’t clear what inspired Zuckerberg’s shoutout. Did family momager Kris Jenner, who’s tagged in the caption, send Zuckerberg the hoodie? Was this some sort of poorly executed promotion for Kardashian’s upcoming Ryan Murphy legal drama All’s Fair? Will Kardashian, not actually a member of the bar, be representing Zuckerberg in his next lawsuit?
Just a few years ago, the queen of selfies having a virtual giggle with a fellow billionaire like Zuckerberg wouldn’t have raised many eyebrows. However, Zuckerberg has spent the past year publicly ingratiating himself to President Donald Trump: altering Facebook’s speech policies in his favor, donating to his inauguration fund, and attending the ceremony in January.
Along with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Zuckerberg has been labeled a member of the “broligarchy,” a moniker for several tech billionaires trying to curry favor with the Trump administration with the hopes of influencing deregulation policies or attaining government power. Musk has already torn through the federal workforce with his Department of Government Efficiency.
More damning, though, has been Kardashian’s public ties with Musk, adding extra suspicion to her recent interaction with Zuckerberg. Last year, she repeatedly shilled for Musk, who’s had a long, storied friendship with her ex-husband Kanye West. In addition to being spotted around Los Angeles in her Tesla Cybertruck, she posted the company’s Optimus Bot on X less than two weeks after the presidential election, as well as staging a bizarre, sexy photoshoot with the android on Instagram. (In a strange effort to stave off backlash, she clarified that she wasn’t paid to post the robot.)
She’s even broadcast her affinity for members of the Trump family. In addition to her well-documented friendship with Ivanka Trump, she shared a caption-less photo of first lady Melania Trump on her Instagram Stories the day of the inauguration. All these pointedly apolitical but public interactions with Trump’s family and associates have Kardashian’s followers wondering if she’s preparing to go all in on the president himself.
