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Following Kanye West's 2015 MTV VMA announcement that he's planning to run as president in 2020, Donald Trump expressed that he would love to go against the rapper. But the presidential candidate seemed to get confused why they would always be compared to one another.

Trump told Rolling Stone that he was watching the awards when West suddenly announced his presidential candidacy. "I said, that's very interesting. I wonder who gave him that idea,'" the presidential candidate told the magazine. West's declaration started comparing of the famous rapper and the controversial candidate.

Following the announcement, Jimy Kimmel compared West and Trump on Monday, August 31. But Trump immediately expressed his confusion of the comparisons. He said he doesn't "quite get it." He also didn't seem to mind the idea of facing West in an election. "He's said very nice things about me in the past... extremely positive things," Trump said. "He's actually a different kind of person than people think. He's a nice guy. I hope to run against him someday."

As it turned out, it seemed likely that West's ambition to declare his presidency is already planted by a member of the VMA audience, who can be heard shouting "Kanye for president" before the rapper even claimed his deciding to be a part of the presidential election in 2020. The audience even took to Twitter, claiming, "Me foreshadowing @kanyewest's 2020 bid for President!!! #VMAs @MTV."

And while some are making fun of the notion of West's ambition to be the next president of the United States of America, his announcement is catching too much attention. Big stars even voiced out their support to Kim Kardashian's husband. Miley Cyrus expressed her support to her fellow music artist, saying, "Oh, I was going to vote for Trump, but now I'm voting for Kanye." Rihanna also counted herself in as West's supporters. The famed performer even told Entertainment Tonight, "People are voting for Trump; who wouldn't vote for Kanye?"

Despite the uncertainty of West's forthcoming campaign at the moment, he has already found a supporter in the White House press secretary, Josh Earnest, who told Billboard that he looks "forward to seeing what slogan he chooses to embroider on his campaign hat".