“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 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.’”
Trump said he was ordering aides to assess “the feasibility of doing an AMERICA IS BACK Rally” on the mall, where he would deliver a speech “rallying the Country forward like I have done ever since being President!”
On Friday (local time), artists including country singer Martina McBride and glam rocker Bret Michaels, frontman of 1980s band Poison, said they were dropping out of the concert series.
“Unfortunately, what was presented to us as a celebration of our country has evolved into something much more divisive than what I agreed to be a part of,” Michaels posted on Facebook.
Trump has openly tried to stamp his mark on the celebrations, most notably by staging a mixed martial arts fight in a specially constructed arena on the White House lawn on June 14 – his 80th birthday.
The remaining line-up of musicians, whose prime came and went decades ago – such as Vanilla Ice and C+C Music Factory – has sparked a flood of sarcastic comments on social media.
– AFP