Cardi B fans want her to run for President as she slams Donald Trump's 'crazy' government shutdown

Cardi B has spoken out about Donald Trump’s ongoing US government shutdown, describing the situation as “crazy” and branding the country “a hellhole” in her most politicised video yet.

The rapper posted a clip to Instagram in which she urged people “to take some action” after around 50,000 federal employees have been told to return to work without pay during the shutdown, which is the longest in US history.

“Hey y’all! I just want to remind you because it has been a little over three weeks,” she began her message.

“Trump is now ordering, as in summoning, federal government workers to go back to work without getting paid.”

“Now I don’t want to hear y’all m************ talking about, ‘Oh, but Obama shut down the government for 17 days’ – yeah b****, for healthcare! So your grandma can check her blood pressure.”

Conceding that some of her followers might not be up to date with the situation “because y’all don’t work for the government or y’all probably have a job,” she went on to reveal that she was “scared” by the latest developments.

“This s*** is really f****** serious, bro,” she said. “This s*** is crazy. Like our country is in a hellhole right now, all for a f****** wall.

“We really need to take this serious, I feel like we need to take some action, I don’t know what type of action b**** because this is not what I do, but b**** I’m scared.

“This is crazy and I really feel bad for these people that got to go to f****** work to not get m************ paid.”

Soon after the rapper shared the video on Instagram, the hashtag #CardiB2020 emerged on Twitter, as fans thanked Cardi for her outburst and encouraged her to run for President at the next election.

“Cardi B understands the government shutdown better than Donald Trump,” one fan suggested.

“Thank you @imcardib for sharing your thoughts and concerns about the government shutdown and its employees,” another wrote. “It means a lot coming from someone with such a huge platform.”

“Cardi B is exactly what this country needs at this very moment,” one Twitter post read.

The government shutdown began on December 22, 2018 after Congress and the White House reached a stalemate over spending on Trump’s proposed wall on the US-Mexico border.