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Potentially, another presidential run

In November 2020, Ye conceded his run for president. He had loaned $6.8 million to his 2020 presidential committee, essentially self-funding his campaign during the first month and a half of his run, according to a Federal Election Commission disclosure filing.

Ye said he \"absolutely\" plans to run for president again but did not specify when.

\"That time wasn't in God's time,\" he said.

Ye said he is often misunderstood because of his adamancy for his Christian faith, which drives him to perform \"Sunday Service\" with a gospel choir at different locations around the U.S. He said he's a \"radical\" for wanting to promote \"the idea of family, the idea of God, the idea of protecting your children's innocence for as long as possible.\"

\"When you remove the love and fear of God, you open up the love and fear of everything else. And it's easier to have sheep when people don't have God. It's easier to control the people if people are not controlled by God. Because then they can be controlled by how many likes they have or whatever's happening on their TikTok or how much money or the perception that people have,\" he said.

\"But we only have one audience here and that audience is God. And He's watching us at all times,\" Ye said. \"He's got my back.\"

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