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Cites jurist's refusal to 'reveal' the facts about wife's 'radical left' activism

President Donald Trump's planned celebration of the nation's 250th birthday was dealt a crippling blow as the headliner of a planned concert became the latest to pull out.Country star Martina McBride scrapped plans to lead the Great American State Fair, claiming she agreed to perform without knowing the MAGA links to the massive event in Washington, D.C.The concert is fast unravelling as nearly half of its scheduled acts have now backed out less than a month before the event, organized by Freedom 250 and scheduled to start June 25 on the National Mall, starts."I was presented with an opportunity to perform at a nonpartisan event," McBride wrote on X, "but that turned out to be misleading." The 59-year-old singer's abandonment came a day after she was announced as headliner. She said she had pressed organizers with questions before agreeing to perform, believing it would "bring people together in the way that only music can." Once the announcement dropped, she said, "things started changing and what we were told is, in fact, not what is happening."Also on Thursday, soul group The Commodores announced their withdrawal. "Our music has always been our voice," the band said in a statement, "and we choose not to publicly affiliate with any single political party."The exodus started earlier as multiple stars claimed they'd had no idea of the political affiliations of the event.Rapper Young MC, who pulled out Wednesday, told Vibe Magazine, "I was told one thing and then it was a bait-and-switch. When an event is presented to an artist as nonpolitical and nonpartisan, and then turns around and becomes hyper-partisan like it's a rally, that's when I have a problem."Morris Day and The Time also withdrew, leaving Flo Rida, Bret Michaels, C+C Music Factory, Vanilla Ice, and Milli Vanilli still on the bill. One half of the original Milli Vanilli duo, Rob Pilatus, died in 1998, and a separate act currently touring under the Milli Vanilli name said it has no involvement with the Freedom 250 show.
Cites jurist's refusal to 'reveal' the facts about wife's 'radical left' activism
President Donald Trump made the unorthodox proposal Saturday to replace the shrinking number of artists for the Great American State Fair concert with himself – claiming to have drawn audiences larger than “Elvis in his prime” – and in doing so, left several onlookers floored, including CNN’s Jake Tapper.“Didn’t think this was a real post at first,” Tapper wrote Saturday in a social media post on X after seeing Trump’s online post floating the proposal.Organized by the Trump-linked organization Freedom 250, the American State Fair unveiled several headliners recently for its live music concert, including Milli Vanilli, Flo Rider and Vanilla Ice. After learning of the event’s connections to Trump, however, “nearly all” have pulled out of the event.The mass exodus of artists – which Trump described as them getting “the yips” – apparently sparked the president’s idea that he would be a viable replacement for the event’s entertainment, albeit a new event he dubbed “America is Back Rally” to take place at the same time and location, suggesting he would give a “major speech” in lieu of performing live music.“The artists pulling out say this isn’t about the ‘yips,’ they say it’s about the perception that the festivity is partisan in nature,” Tapper continued. “Not sure this post will dispel that concern.”Trump’s proposal drew mockery from a number of critics, including from several conservatives.“Wow. He’s nuts,” wrote Michigan Republican Party strategist Jeff Timmer in a social media post on X.And prominent far-right influencer Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire called the idea “lame and boring,” encouraging Trump to ditch the idea and “just go out and get real musicians.”Didn’t think this was a real post at first. Either way, the artists pulling out say this isn’t about the “yips,” they say it’s about the perception that the festivity is partisan in nature. Not sure this post will dispel that concern. https://t.co/ZRVpKbmrZi https://t.co/gPxS5LcOPM— Jake Tapper 🦅 (@jaketapper) May 30, 2026
President Trump announced on Saturday that he plans to hold a political rally to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary after several artists said they will no longer perform at the upcoming Great American State Fair on the National Mall. “I understand Artists are getting ‘the yips’ having to do with their performance on Wednesday, so I…
President Donald Trump responded to a wave of cancellations by artists who were scheduled to perform in Washington for the US’s 250th birthday by proposing himself as a better alternative.
President Trump said he is considering replacing the Freedom 250 concert series with a rally after many artists dropped out.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is in “excellent health” and is “fully fit to carry out all duties of the Commander-in Chief,” the president’s physician shared on Friday evening. “President Trump remains in excellent health, demonstrating strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and overall physical function,” wrote Captain Sean Barbabella, the physician to the president. “His demanding ...
A Saturday afternoon MS NOW interview with blunt-talking Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) ended with host Alex Witt quickly issuing a response to the lawmaker calling the president a rapist.Brought on to talk about former Attorney General Pam Bondi’s appearance before members of the House Oversight Committee on Friday, where the fired former Trump official was described as “combative” and unwilling to talk about the president, the New Mexico Democrat also weighed in on reports that Trump’s DOJ is looking at investigating Trump sexual abuse victim E. Jean Carroll.“What are your thoughts on this?” Witt prompted her guest.“I mean, come on, Donald Trump, we all know that you are an adjudicated rapist, and now you're going after survivors that have held you accountable” Stansbury responded.“All of this is an attempt to try to silence people and to try to intimidate them by using the United States Justice Department as a weapon against the American people,” she continued before recalling, “And that is exactly what Richard Nixon went down for. So we can see what's happening here.”“Yeah,” the MS NOW host replied before quickly adding, “I just want to be careful because President Trump was not accused of rape, per se — he was accused of sexual abuse; so going by the proper terminology there.”According to a report from the Washington Post, Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversaw the trial, wrote, “The finding that Ms. Carroll failed to prove that she was ‘raped’ within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape.’ Indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that.” - YouTube youtu.be