Cardi B has taken aim at President Trump on her new track ‘Ah Ha’, prompting a sharp response from a White House spokesperson.
The rapper’s latest release includes bars that appear to brush off detractors while highlighting her position at the top of the game. Released on July 31, 2026, as her first solo single of the year, the track was produced by DJ SwanQo, who previously collaborated with her on the hit single “Up” in 2021.
Among the figures mentioned in the song is Trump, and the reference has already drawn a reaction from the White House.
“A n**a can’t trap me, I won’t keep it/ B****es really hate me, so be it/ Bathroom floors and these hoes both heated/ It goes threee, two, to the one in this b***h/ I’ll give a hoe exactly what she want in this b***h.”
Later in the song, Cardi includes a line directed at the president.
“Black trucks at the club look like Trump in this b***h, f**k him/ A hoe never played with me once in this b***h.”
Asked about the lyric by Billboard, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle fired back with a strongly worded statement.
“Nobody in their right mind cares what out-of-touch, woke Hollywood celebrities have to say.”
This is far from the first time Cardi B has publicly criticized Trump. She has repeatedly spoken out about him and his administration over the years, using her platform to comment on issues including immigration, economic policies, and government decisions.
One of her most widely shared comments came in 2019, when she posted an Instagram video condemning the handling of the government shutdown and the lack of pay for federal workers.
“I just wanted to remind you, because it’s been a little bit over three weeks,” she said, “Our country is a hellhole right now…I feel like we need to take some action.”
In February 2026, Cardi also criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a California concert, stating she would “jump” any ICE agents in the crowd. The Department of Homeland Security responded by referencing past allegations against the rapper, to which Cardi fired back on social media, pivoting to criticism of the Epstein files and Trump’s alleged connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
More recently, Cardi spoke out about cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in October 2025, telling lower-income voters that Trump “was never for y’all poor motherf—ers.” She also appeared at a Democratic rally and wrote a heartfelt Instagram post following Kamala Harris’s loss in the 2024 presidential election, having previously interviewed Joe Biden for Elle magazine ahead of the 2020 election.
Although she famously rapped about enjoying ‘dollars, diamonds, stunting, and shining’ on her 2018 hit with Bad Bunny and J Balvin, Cardi has also made clear that politics is a genuine interest of hers.
In an earlier interview with GQ, she spoke candidly about how closely she follows political issues.
“I love government. I’m obsessed with presidents. I’m obsessed to know how the system works.”
“Me, I’m always watching the news. I’m always looking at it on my phone. I hate when you talk about something that’s going on in the community, people think, because you’re famous, you doing it for clout.”
Her political views have also stood in contrast to those of Nicki Minaj, with the two stars’ long-running feud remaining one of the most talked-about rivalries in hip-hop. The gap between them has widened significantly in recent months, with Minaj emerging as a vocal Trump supporter in 2026.
In January 2026, Minaj attended the Trump Accounts Summit in Washington, D.C., where she declared herself probably the president’s “number one fan,” stating that “hate or what people have to say, it does not affect me at all. It actually motivates me to support him more.” She later participated in Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in December 2025, where she praised Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
According to Minaj’s recent interviews, her support for Trump intensified after she experienced repeated swatting incidents at her Los Angeles home. She said that after requesting assistance from California Governor Gavin Newsom without receiving a response, Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna offered help and connected her with federal law enforcement officials and a private security firm. Minaj credited this gesture with solidifying her decision to publicly support Trump and the Republican Party.
The animosity between Cardi and Nicki became especially notorious after their shoe-throwing clash at New York Fashion Week in 2018. Even during periods when things seemed to cool off, both artists have continued to trade barbs in public, with their political differences now adding another dimension to their ongoing feud.
Meanwhile, “Ah Ha” arrives as Cardi continues an exceptionally successful period. Her sophomore album “Am I the Drama?” debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in September 2025, making her the first female rapper to have both of her first two albums debut at number one. The album topped charts globally and earned multiple Guinness World Records. She kicked off 2026 with the Little Miss Drama Tour, a sold-out 35-city North American arena run that became the highest-grossing debut arena tour by a female rapper, selling over 450,000 tickets and generating historic milestones including consecutive sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ Kia Forum. She was also named the number one female rapper on Billboard’s Hottest Female Rappers list for the first half of 2026.