UPDATED, with additional statement: After most of his Freedom 250 lineup has dropped out of the upcoming White House celebration, Donald Trump has responded.
On Saturday, the twice-impeached POTUS threatened to “give a major speech” during an ‘America Is Back Rally’ after artists like Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, Morris Day, Young MC and The Commodores dropped out of performing at the Great American State Fair, a 16-day event taking place on the National Mall from June 25-July 10 in celebration of the country’s semiquincentennial.
“I understand Artists are getting ‘the yips’ having to do with their performance on Wednesday,” he wrote on Truth Social. “So I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar, the man who loves our Country more than anyone else, and the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate ‘Artists,’ and give a major speech, rallying the Country forward like I have done ever since being President!”
Trump continued, “Two years ago, the United States was DEAD. Now we have the ‘HOTTEST’ Country anywhere in the World. I don’t want so-called ‘Artists’ that get paid far too much money, who aren’t happy. I only want to be surrounded by Happy People, Smart People, Successful People, and People that know how to WIN. So, by copy of this TRUTH, I am ordering my Representatives to look at the feasibility of doing an AMERICA IS BACK Rally on Wednesday, Washington, D.C., same time, same location. Only Great Patriots invited — It will be a Wild and Beautiful Celebration of America! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
Despite multiple cancellations since the lineup was announced this week, Vanilla Ice and Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan have defended their decisions to perform.
Freedom 250 is the public-private group formed by the Trump administration to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States.
A spokesperson for Freedom 250 did not immediately return a request for comment. But spokesowman Rachel Reisner told The New York Times, “Freedom 250 is focused on our signature celebrations and events that honor our history and engage all Americans — welcoming all who share our goal of commemorating this milestone in a way that uplifts and unites America.”
Later on, Trump took to Truth Social again, pitching an idea for a MAGA rally instead of “overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose music is boring, and yet who do nothing but complain.”
He advocated to “cancel” the event “just like I canceled my involvement with the failing and unsafe to be in Kennedy Center, because a Highly Conflicted, Crooked Federal Judge, said that I should not be allowed to spend my time and money in order to MAKE THE CENTER GREAT AGAIN, actually, far greater than it ever was before!” (This is in reference to yesterday’s ruling by a federal judge, who blocked Trump’s name from appearing on the national cultural center and struck down its proposed two-year closure for renovation yesterday — a move Trump has already blasted.)
The POTUS continued in the new post: “So now, the Kennedy Center will collapse, both structurally and financially. Judge Cooper and his wife, Amy Jeffress (obfuscation anyone?), should be ashamed of themselves. Judge Cooper, like numerous other Crooked Judges on my cases, should be IMPEACHED.”
