During the call, Mr. West was upset and insisted on a live interview on Zoom, demanding that the editor of The Times be present as well, to which the Times reporter demurred. “I’m Kanye, who are you?” Mr. West asked, adding, “I’m the head of everything.”

Kanye "asked his campaign staff to refrain from 'fornicating' outside of marriage, according to people aiding his candidacy."

This great piece from @dannyhakim and @maggieNYT reinforced something that struck me about @kanyewest's presidential bid. He has never explicitly asked Americans for their vote and has instead just announced that he will be president

The latest from @dannyhakim and me on Kanye West, including the origins of his candidacy with help from the firm Mercury LLC

During a series of follow-up texts, Mr. West sent a video commentary about his candidacy from Mike Cernovich, a far-right activist, and also denounced a founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger, as “an avowed racist.

"During the call, Mr. West was upset and insisted on a live interview on Zoom, demanding that the editor of The Times be present as well, to which the Times reporter demurred."

“How do these facts make you feel?” Talking to Kanye West, and others, about his 2020 candidacy, and whether he could play spoiler. w/ @maggieNYT

“I’m Kanye, who are you?” Mr. West asked, adding, “I’m the head of everything.”❤️

During the midnight call, Mr. West was upset and insisted on a live interview on Zoom, demanding that the editor of The Times be present as well, to which the NYT reporter demurred. “I’m Kanye, who are you?” he asked, adding, “I’m the head of everything.”

This is heartbreaking: Kanye West’s Perplexing Run as a Potential 2020 Election Spoiler - The New York Times

"Perplexing" is just about the last thing it is

My guess is that Kanye West is trying to do good but his own confused lights, not possessed by the devil or intentionally trying to do evil. But that’s only a guess.