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He has name a replacement for the entertainment performers who have declined the invitation to perform at his so call state fair celebration!
He is going be the master blaster as he is going to hold another disastrous rally!
Well, that certainly will ruin the mood!
Deuxcents
(27,824 posts)marble falls
(72,664 posts)sakabatou
(46,410 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(182,663 posts)Trumps advisers worked quickly to organize a rally, set for June 24, after several performers slated for the concert series to be held this summer on the National Mall dropped out.
ð§µ NEW WaPo: Trump to headline at Freedom 250 Great American State Fair after music acts cancel.
— Nancy Levine Stearns (@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social) 2026-05-30T20:13:55.601Z
Freedom 250 spokesperson said yesterday that Trump's Freedom 250 is 'inherently nonpolitical.'
So Trump will perform at his 'inherently nonpolitical' Freedom 250 event.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/30/trump-headline-great-american-state-fair-after-music-acts-cancel
The Great American State Fair organized by Freedom 250, a Trump-aligned entity he created by executive order to plan semiquincentennial events this week announced a lineup of performers. More than half canceled shortly thereafter, including Martina McBride and Bret Michaels, claiming they had not known about the organizing groups connections to the president.
After Trump said on his Truth Social platform Saturday that he understood Artists are getting the yips about performing and suggested headlining the event himself, Danielle Alvarez, an adviser to Freedom 250, confirmed to The Washington Post that Trump will now kick off an opening event for the fair.
As the visionary behind the Great American State Fair, we are excited to announce that President Trump will personally kick off this historic celebration on Wednesday, June 24 in an opening ceremony celebrating Americas 250th birthday, Alvarez said in a statement first shared with The Post. She called the multiday event a Worlds Fair celebrating the people, traditions, innovations, and spirit that make America the greatest nation on Earth......
Prior to Freedom 250 confirming the newly planned speech, Trump in his Truth Social post wrote that he was 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!
2naSalit
(103,934 posts)He may be reduced to a screeching hologram.
Weekend at Donnie's.
wnylib
(26,574 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(182,663 posts)Even trump's biggest fans do not want a trump speech instead of music at this "festival." I really hope that trump gives one of his hour plus speeches.
Trump's biggest fans reject his 'lame and boring' new proposal: 'This is so egotistical'
— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-05-30T23:30:12Z
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2676976777/
The White House promoted the event as an "AMERICA IS BACK Rally!" but prominent conservative voices were not impressed.
Matt Walsh, the right-wing commentator and one of Trump's most prominent media allies, called the decision an unforced error. "Replacing a concert with a speech is lame and boring," Walsh wrote on X. "Just go out and get real musicians to play. Don't cancel the concert just because a bunch of washed up old has-beens canceled. There are hundreds of artists out there who might not be famous but would absolutely leap at the chance to play on a stage like this."
Jenna Ellis, the former Trump campaign lawyer who was among those charged in the Georgia election interference case, was more direct. "America 250 is not about Trump," she wrote. "This is so egotistical."
Conservative commentator Jackie Chea made a similar point, suggesting Trump "shouldn't make the concert into a rally" and instead should "channel his Show Biz days and let new artists compete with patriotic songs."