\u201cSo 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 \u2018Artists.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump said he was ordering aides to assess \u201cthe feasibility of doing an AMERICA IS BACK Rally\u201d on the mall, where he would deliver a speech \u201crallying the Country forward like I have done ever since being President!\u201d<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, 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,\u201d Michaels posted on Facebook.<\/p>\n
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 \u2013 his 80th birthday.<\/p>\n
The remaining line-up of musicians, whose prime came and went decades ago \u2013 such as Vanilla Ice and C+C Music Factory \u2013 has sparked a flood of sarcastic comments on social media.<\/p>\n
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