It's unclear whether West is really running.

He does not appear to have registered his name with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for November's election. The closest name the FEC database shows is a candidate called "Kanye Deez Nutz West", who filed their papers with the Green Party in 2015 under the address "1977 Golddigger Avenue, Suite Yeezus" and appears to have raised no money.

It is also not the first time West has claimed that he is running for the White House. At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, he said he had decided to run for president in 2020. But last November he pushed the date back, saying he would actually run in the 2024 contest.

In his tweet on Saturday, US Independence Day, West, 43, did not say if his supposed run would be affiliated with a particular political party. In any case, contesting the nomination of one of the major parties would be impossible at this stage, with the election only four months away.

In order to appear on the ballot as an independent candidate, West would have to gather a certain amount of signatures and register in states by a particular deadline. The deadline has already passed in some major states but the West would still technically have time to file in many others.

This year's contest is likely to be a straight battle between Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.

Well he hadn't better leave it too long or he'll be running against Harry's Meghan one day.

I reckon she'll fancy her chances at the Whitehouse in a decade or so.

Who needs pathetic UK soaps when we have these wonderful US family sagas.