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sop

(18,897 posts)
Sun May 18, 2025, 09:25 AM May 2025

See it: Trump posts bizarre video of himself playing Journey's 'Don't Stop Believing'



Donald Trump posted a bizarre video of himself playing Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” on a stage before devoted fans.

The clip, which was produced by artificial intelligence, shows the president sitting on a stage in front of a piano festooned with an American flag.

In front of the stage is an adoring patriotic crowd.

Trump then changes from a suit to a red, white and blue outfit and is seen rocking a guitar riff, before moving to a drum kit.

The famous song was played for Trump at Mar-a-Lago by the band's keyboard player in 2022, which resulted in him getting a cease-and-desist order from a former bandmate who called the performance a “harmful use of the brand.”

Watch the video below or at this link.

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-ai/
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Kid Berwyn

(24,714 posts)
1. Sad, like all his "tastes".
Sun May 18, 2025, 09:44 AM
May 2025

A guy who sits on a golden throne in his bathroom and for a mind.

 

TnDem

(1,390 posts)
3. Except that the story is incorrect
Sun May 18, 2025, 10:02 AM
May 2025

It wasn't a "former bandmate" that objected to trump using the song in 2022, it is a CURRENT band member who was the founding member of the band and co-writer of the song.

The song was allowed for Trump by Jonathan Cain who is a co-writer of the song and also a current band member. It was CURRENT guitarist Neal Schon, (also co-writer of the song), that objected to its use by Trump.

Everyone may recall that Jonathan Cain's wife probably goaded this, because her name is Paula Cain-White, who is Trump's "spiritual advisor"

sop

(18,897 posts)
5. This is how the President of the United States of America sees himself?
Sun May 18, 2025, 10:12 AM
May 2025

WTF is going on in this country? This guy should be institutionalized.

Deuxcents

(27,292 posts)
6. Plenty of time to play with his gadgets posting images of grandiose but not a clue how to govern
Sun May 18, 2025, 10:18 AM
May 2025

GoCubsGo

(34,948 posts)
7. And, that's just the tip of the ice berg.
Sun May 18, 2025, 10:29 AM
May 2025

Check out the YouTube video Meidas Touch put out this morning on the subject. He was up all night rage-posting this kind of bizarre shit on his crappy social media cesspool. He must have seen the latest polls and the Supreme Court decisions. That fucker is in the early stages of a mental break. He needs to be locked up in a prison psychiatric ward.

John1956PA

(5,014 posts)
8. I read his bizarre social media rant of Thursday night - Friday morning.
Sun May 18, 2025, 11:02 AM
May 2025

The rant was mostly, if not all, in upper case letters. He ranted about the 2020 election having being stolen from him, which, of course, is a complete lie. All the media should have covered the rant so that the country would have the opportunity to grasp how unstable he has become.

sop

(18,897 posts)
16. 'David Chase Breaks Down the Final Scene of The Sopranos'
Sun May 18, 2025, 11:52 AM
May 2025

"No matter what song we picked, I wanted it to be a song that would have been from Tony's high school years, or his youth ... When I wrote it, there were three songs in contention for this last song, and 'Don't Stop Believin' was the one that seemed to work the best. I think it's a really good rock 'n' roll song. The music is very important to me in terms of the timing of the scene, the rhythm of the scene. The song dictates part of the pace. And having certain lyrics of the song, and certain instrumental flourishes happen in certain places, dictates what the cuts will be. I directed the scene to fit the song ... I felt that [Tony and Carmela] had taken the midnight train a long time ago. That is their life. It means that these people are looking for something inevitable. Something they couldn't find. I mean, they didn't become missionaries in Africa or go to college together or do anything like that. They took the midnight train going anywhere. And the midnight train, you know, is the dark train."

"I said to Gandolfini, the bell rings and you look up. That last shot of Tony ends on 'don't stop,' it's mid-song. I'm not going to go into [if that's Tony's POV]. I thought the possibility would go through a lot of people's minds or maybe everybody's mind that he was killed. He might have gotten shot three years ago in that situation. But he didn't. Whether this is the end here, or not, it's going to come at some point for the rest of us. Hopefully we're not going to get shot by some rival gang mob or anything like that. I'm not saying that [happened]. But obviously he stood more of a chance of getting shot by a rival gang mob than you or I do because he put himself in that situation. All I know is the end is coming for all of us."

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a34360/sopranos-final-scene/

sinkingfeeling

(57,868 posts)
10. Mega narcissist. No way does he look like nor move like that. I also liked how is hair was long and flowing and
Sun May 18, 2025, 11:30 AM
May 2025

short the next second, then back to long. Pathetic old fool.

 

k_buddy762

(638 posts)
11. Epic, iconic song
Sun May 18, 2025, 11:34 AM
May 2025

I remember somewhat inebriated friends of mine shirtless on a table top in a sports bar years ago singing this song when it came over the place's PA system, to a large (also drunk) crowd. Lots of air guitars in that performance.

Oneironaut

(6,307 posts)
13. These people are all just frauds and losers.
Sun May 18, 2025, 11:46 AM
May 2025

They desperately want to be all-powerful and a step above everyone else, probably to justify their power and wealth. They just aren’t. Trump has no talent other than bullshitting, has a 78 IQ, is flabby and out of shape, has no critical thinking skills and doesn’t understand anything, and, is almost universally mocked and laughed at throughout the entire world.

Look at the Kristi Noem pictures too. It’s the same thing. It’s so pathetic and cringe.

They aren’t leaders. They’re small and pathetic children, desperately scrambling to be seen as something special. This will never happen. They’ve been given everything in life and wasted their entire lives being pieces of shit rather than bettering themselves or learning new skills.

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