Aretha Franklin Bashed Trump in Private, Blew Off Inauguration Invite

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QUEEN OF SHADE
Aretha Franklin Bashed Trump in Private, Blew Off Inauguration Invite
The president called her his ‘friend.’ The ‘Queen of Soul’ wanted absolutely nothing to do with him or his inauguration, sources confirm.
Asawin Suebsaeng
Maxwell Tani
08.16.18 8:01 PM ET


The late “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin hated the political rise of Donald Trump. But that didn’t stop him from trying, and failing, to book her to perform at his 2017 inauguration.

Shortly after his shock election victory, then President-elect Trump tasked Tom Barrack, his longtime friend and the chairman of the Presidential Inaugural Committee, with reaching out to Franklin to ask if she would perform at an inaugural event and concert, according to three sources familiar with what happened. Trump had long considered the legendary singer a friend, and wanted the offer framed as an opportunity to help bring the country back together after a brutal, bruising presidential election.

However, Team Trump’s contacts in Hollywood failed to secure the legendary singer for the inauguration.

Though she largely refrained from publicly criticizing Trump during or after the 2016 campaign, two individuals with direct knowledge of her political opinions said she was repelled by the Republican standard-bearer, his policy prescriptions, and his rhetoric. One source close to Franklin told The Daily Beast that after the election, she confided to associates that “no amount of money” could convince her to perform at the inauguration. Another knowledgeable source described her as “despising” everything he stood for, and as an avowed Hillary Clinton supporter.

Indeed, those sources told The Daily Beast that Franklin had been in talks to join Team Hillary on the campaign trail, and even to perform a song written for Clinton at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Though she was able to perform briefly at at least one Clinton fundraiser, Franklin’s difficult logistical demands prevented her from performing at the Democratic convention, and other conflicts kept her from appearing or headlining other envisioned 2016 events.

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[BigmanPigman]

1. Didn't he end up hiring a reject band from a prom?

Or was Nugent there rockin' his hero?

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

10. Nugent........hear my bowls roar BMPM.

I couldn't despise a man more.

[George II]

13. The prom band was his first choice!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. He probably wanted her to sing because she'd been the headliner at Obama's inauguration.

Instead, he was able to line up only a few has-beens like Toby Keith and Lee Greenwood.

[yallerdawg]

3. His comment on her death at the cabinet meeting today...

was that "She worked for me on numerous occasions."




Aretha Franklin was obviously a good judge of character.

[a kennedy]

4. Yah, what the fawk was that......oh she worked for me on numerous occasions. UGH......

He didn't even know who she was is my guess......"oh, she worked for me on numerous occasions".....

[smirkymonkey]

8. What a disgusting comment.

That is all he had to say about the Queen of Soul? He is a revolting person.

She had more class in her little finger than he will ever have. She was right to diss him. Obviously she was a very good judge of character and a woman of more talent, decency and intelligence than Trump could ever dream of having.

[George II]

14. He probably was thinking of the maid at Mar-a-Lago, "they all look the same"! What a lying....

....sack of manure he is. She would NEVER have worked for him.

[spanone]

5. K&R...

I duped you....sorry, i looked too

[Raine]

6. Such a Classy Lady

R-I-P

[RockRaven]

7. If Dolt45 hears about this article, he will swear up and down he never asked

Tom Barrack to get her to perform. He's so fragile...

[Grammy23]

9. That jackass will probably try to say

She called HIM. And begged to perform. Just wait. That is his MO. But maybe someone who knows will come forward and tell the truth on his sorry ass.

OMG, I despise his sorry ass. The day he gets booted out of the White House should be a national holiday so we can properly celebrate!

[heaven05]

11. glad to read this

hope it hurt his thin-skinned orangeness. Like any AA should have respect for this POtuS. fuck trump

[Scurrilous]

12. K&R

[SunSeeker]

15. Yet another reason to love her.