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Uncle Joe

(65,688 posts)
Sun May 31, 2026, 12:56 PM Sunday

Trump says 'cancel' America 250 concert

President Trump on Saturday called for the cancellation of the concert celebrating America’s 250th birthday after multiple artists withdrew from performing at the upcoming Great American State Fair on the National Mall.

Trump wrote on Truth Social that there should be “a giant MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY, for 250, instead of having overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose music is boring, and yet who do nothing but complain.”

“Cancel it, 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!” the president added.

(snip)

Several artists have withdrawn from performing at the June 25 celebration, stating that they signed on to perform at a nonpartisan event. Country singer Martina McBride said she “was assured this was a nonpartisan event that was meant to celebrate ALL 50 states.”

(snip)

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5903008-trump-america-250-concert/

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Trump says 'cancel' America 250 concert (Original Post) Uncle Joe Sunday OP
What am I supposed to do with these bagpipes? NT mahatmakanejeeves Sunday #1
Save them and recruit Lara Trump to sing along. n/t Uncle Joe Sunday #2
Eeeuuuw! GiqueCee Sunday #16
replace with tiny violin Skittles Sunday #10
practice playing 'amazing grace' for his funeral. mopinko Sunday #12
What about the drummer guy who did his inauguration? gab13by13 Sunday #3
Maybe he'll get pissed and cancel the rest of his presidency after Republicans are wiped out in November? sop Sunday #4
Ha! My wife and I were discussing this the other night odins folly Sunday #11
I think his health woes are rattling him very hard indeed Skittles Sunday #14
Let's call the whole thing..., Blumancru Sunday #5
What will happen to that front lawn machine he planned. ? dweller Sunday #6
Is Sandy Patty still doing right wing events? RandySF Sunday #7
But the headliner is to be Trump. Norrrm Sunday #8
and so it starts Skittles Sunday #9
He does not take rejection well. Revenge will be his - yes, a truly DANGEROUS time. nt AnotherMother4Peace Sunday #13
Don't worry . . . AverageOldGuy Sunday #15
Major FAIL by The Hill. There was NEVER a singular concert scheduled for June 25. Multiple concerts were always planned. Wiz Imp Sunday #17
There are plenty of magat performers who would probably be ok with performing at his self aggrandizing sing along mwmisses4289 Sunday #18
TACO Don strikes again? 3catwoman3 Sunday #19
Started... Going.... Earth Bound Misfit 20 hrs ago #20

mopinko

(74,072 posts)
12. practice playing 'amazing grace' for his funeral.
Sun May 31, 2026, 01:42 PM
Sunday

wait, nah. can u play ‘dancin in the streets’?

sop

(19,516 posts)
4. Maybe he'll get pissed and cancel the rest of his presidency after Republicans are wiped out in November?
Sun May 31, 2026, 01:02 PM
Sunday

odins folly

(656 posts)
11. Ha! My wife and I were discussing this the other night
Sun May 31, 2026, 01:42 PM
Sunday

Except for the fact that he fancies himself a “winner”, I would LOVE to see him make up some BS excuse of why he cannot continue his job with all the (derogatory modifiers entered here) Democrats who are “out to get him, no matter what he does”..

Skittles

(173,202 posts)
14. I think his health woes are rattling him very hard indeed
Sun May 31, 2026, 01:59 PM
Sunday

and he sees the writing on the wall in November......the corruption and warmongering will now go into overdrive

Blumancru

(330 posts)
5. Let's call the whole thing...,
Sun May 31, 2026, 01:07 PM
Sunday

The IDIOTLOSER47STOCK festival!!!
5 Days of Posts and Whining!!!

Norrrm

(5,762 posts)
8. But the headliner is to be Trump.
Sun May 31, 2026, 01:32 PM
Sunday

How can it fail with all those patriotic MAGAs rolling in?

Skittles

(173,202 posts)
9. and so it starts
Sun May 31, 2026, 01:38 PM
Sunday

the part where that narcissistic POS FINALLY begins to realize just how many of us fucking DESPISE everything about him......a truly DANGEROUS time

AverageOldGuy

(4,238 posts)
15. Don't worry . . .
Sun May 31, 2026, 03:32 PM
Sunday

. . . he'll schedule -- in place of the concert -- a Trump campaign rally complete with a 90-minut, disconnected, rambling rant about all his grievances.

One or more of the military bands will be forced to sit through the whole thing; Kegbreath will hand out tickets but only to soldiers who look good in uniform.

Wiz Imp

(10,556 posts)
17. Major FAIL by The Hill. There was NEVER a singular concert scheduled for June 25. Multiple concerts were always planned.
Sun May 31, 2026, 03:51 PM
Sunday

Also, the concerts were under the banner of FREEDOM 250, a MAGA organization, NOT America 250. America 250 is non-partisan and the performers were led to believe that was who was sposoring the concerts. They backed out when they found out it was FREEDOM 250.

The only person sceheduled for June 25 was Martina McBride. The concerts were spread out over the course of almost 2 weeks.

Original Schedule
Martina McBride | June 25
C+C Music Factory | June 26
Vanilla Ice | June 26
Milli Vanilli | June 26
Young MC | June 26
The Commodores | June 27
Morris Day and The Time | June 27
Flo Rida | July 2
Bret Michaels | July 3

Also pathetic that Trump calls them "overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose music is boring, and yet who do nothing but complain." when it was his own damn organization who booked them to begin with.

mwmisses4289

(4,847 posts)
18. There are plenty of magat performers who would probably be ok with performing at his self aggrandizing sing along
Sun May 31, 2026, 03:55 PM
Sunday

nikki manaj, kid rock, ted nugent, kash patels girlfriend, that gawd bless the USA squirrel, pretty sure there are a few others. Why didn't he ask them?

One of the rumors that came out about why some performers were cancelling is because they claimed they weren't actually asked. Is this true, or just a rumor?

3catwoman3

(29,884 posts)
19. TACO Don strikes again?
Sun May 31, 2026, 04:10 PM
Sunday

Sounds like a major case of sour grapes to me. If they'd all agreed appear, he'd be praising them as the best performers ever.

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