The Country According to Cardi B: ‘America Is in a Very Bad Place’

"No matter who’s in charge, it’s going to stay like that because we’re paying for bad karma," she told Billboard.

By Audra Heinrichs | September 5, 2025 | 10:17am

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The Country According to Cardi B: ‘America Is in a Very Bad Place’

This week, Cardi B (né Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar) was found not guilty of assault in a brief, but viral trial in which a security guard accused the Grammy-winning rapper and canned whipped cream entrepreneur of clawing her cheek. Now, it seems her focus is solely on promoting her heavily anticipated album, Am I the Drama?.

On Thursday, Billboard unveiled Cardi as its latest cover. As is the case for any interview she gives, there are plenty of gems like her ethos for branding: “Imagine somebody fucking you on the first date. They fucked you but it’s not the best pussy they ever had? You want people to say that’s the best pussy they ever had.”; or the current status of her relationship with her ex, Offset: “I tried. Next question.” But the best part of the conversation arrived when she was asked about politics.

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Cardi has never been shy when it comes to speaking about where she stands, and you might remember that she endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for president in 2020 and former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024. Of late, however, she told the publication she has a new approach.

“I have to bite my tongue,” Cardi said. “I really, really had to bite my tongue, but you know the reason why I’ve been so silent about politics? It’s because when I used to complain the past four years, I know for a fact that people watch my stuff. I know it. I know the White House watches my stuff.” Frankly, that much is obvious. Not only is she a public figure, but the current leader of the not-so-free-world demonstrably keeps tabs on the lives of celebrities. Let’s never forget how he weighed in on Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.

“I have a big platform. I know they listen to what I say. I might not say it the prettiest way, but I know they listen to what I’m saying,” Cardi continued. “There’s a president that knows I’ve never supported him and it’s like if I say something, he’s not going to care. I tried to give people warnings and it is what it is. What I can do? What I can say?” Well, a lot…

Fortunately, Cardi didn’t stop there. She then lamented “warning” everyone in 2024 about the benefit of voting for the “lesser evil.” Now, we’ve wound up with the most evil.

“All I’m going to say is America is in a very bad place. No matter who’s in charge, it’s going to stay like that because we’re paying for bad karma,” she said. “Why [are we] paying for bad karma? Because we have been involved in something morally illegal, morally that God hates, morally that is disgusting. I’m not going to speak about it. Y’all should know why. All I’m going to say is we’re going to be paying for a very long time because there’s no bigger leader than God. We’ve been doing immoral stuff. We’ve been supporting and endorsing immoral, evil things. Not one person is going to pay for it; the whole country is going to pay for it.”

Frankly, there are a million things Cardi could be referring to here—an ongoing genocide, the glaring lack of transparency in the investigation of a certain deceased pedophile financier, etc., etc.

Whatever she meant, she’s right!

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