I have time for one more question,” Obama said to the donors. I had one eye on Kanye and one eye on my BlackBerry. The event was wrapping up and I was a little annoyed that I had sat in this painfully uncomfortable chair for an hour. I had hurt my back playing basketball, and sitting for long periods of time was incredibly painful. I was willing to endure the back pain for the great story of a Kanye rant, but time was running out. Then it happened. Kanye’s hand shot up. Obama’s face was frozen in a look of alarm and amusement as he girded himself for whatever came next. “Last question goes to Kanye,” Obama said. Kanye took a breath and started talking. Yeezy did not disappoint. “You and I are a lot alike,” Kanye said to Obama. “We are both from Chicago; when we first came on the scene, we got so much love. Now we got so many haters.” And it went on like that for nearly a half hour. Some highlights: “Everyone has opponents. Coke has Pepsi. Adidas has Nike. I have Drake3 and you have the Republicans. The only way to get things done is to get the best people together. Me and Jay on the mic. Mario Batali on the pasta and we need Elon Musk. I was drinking a fresh-pressed juice in Japan one day, when I realized that everything in Japan is designed perfectly. Japan is the Apple of countries. I was riding a bike in Shanghai when I had this thought.” I was mesmerized. Obama kept a seriously inquisitive look on his face the whole time. Like all of Kanye’s music, it seemed crazy at first, but before long I was nodding along as if it made complete sense. Eventually, Kanye had to take a breath and Obama jumped in. “Kanye, thank you for your thoughts. You make some really good points, especially about the value of meeting with smart people like Elon Musk. Thank you, everyone, for your support of the DNC. My staff is signaling from the back of the room that I’m late for my next event.