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(80,341 posts)President Donald Trump found critics on the left and right after revealing on Saturday that hes considering scratching a planned Freedom 250 concert in favor of him simply giving a speech.
In a Truth Social post, Trump lashed out at musicians he said were getting the yips over performing at an upcoming concert, part of a series of events celebrating the countrys birthday. After a big lineup was announced for a concert, part of what is being sold as The Great American State Fair, most of the artists backed out, including Bret Michaels and Martina McBride. Some cited divisiveness around the event as the reason for backing out.
Trump suggested he scrap all the third rate musicians and just hold a rally instead, claiming he pulls in bigger crowds than Elvis Presley in his prime.
The president wrote:
I understand Artists are getting the yips having to do with their performance on Wednesday, 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!
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/critics-on-both-sides-mock-trump-replacing-cancelling-artists-with-himself-at-freedom-250-concert-lame-and-boring/