Fox News host Tucker Carlson defended rapper Kanye West’s visit with President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE in the Oval Office on Thursday, saying West had some “genuinely interesting” things to say.

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“Believe it or not, Kanye West said some genuinely interesting things this afternoon — things we ought to be talking about in public but are not,” Carlson said during his Fox News show.

Topics discussed by the rapper during a 10-minute uninterrupted monologue that appeared to surprise President Trump included his mental health issues, the prison system and his past call for the abolishment of the 13th Amendment.

“He’ll probably destroy his career for saying them, he certainly will be despised by many of his former friends, but before any of that happens, let’s consider what he actually said," Carlson said.

During Thursday's meeting with Trump, West said that while he supported Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonDemocratic groups using Bloomberg money to launch M in Spanish language ads in Florida The Hill's Campaign Report: Presidential polls tighten weeks out from Election Day More than 50 Latino faith leaders endorse Biden MORE’s failed 2016 presidential campaign, he was put off by her “I’m with her" slogan.

The slogan “just didn’t make me feel, as a guy that didn’t get to see my dad all the time, like a guy that could play catch with his son,” West said.

Carlson said West was speaking out against Democrats, a party whose policies “have systematically destroyed the American family, especially in poor neighborhoods.”

West said he didn’t have a lot of “male energy” in his childhood home.

“The Democratic Party won’t acknowledge these kids or their loss,” Carlson claimed. “To party leaders, fathers in the home are at best irrelevant. At worst, they’re an impediment to political power.”

The rapper’s remarks during the bizarre Oval Office meeting were criticized by many on the left and in the media.

Late night host Jimmy Kimmel mocked the encounter, saying it was the type of crazy conversation “that would typically be held between people wearing hospital bracelets.”

CNN host Don Lemon called it a “minstrel show” and said that West’s mother would be rolling over in her grave.

Former interim Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile tweeted Thursday that West has "set us back 155 years.”