{"id":13333,"date":"2026-05-31T01:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T01:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/05\/31\/trump-says-he-may-replace-third-rate-artists-who-dropped-out-of-d-c-concerts-with-himself-the-man-who-gets-larger-audiences-than-elvis-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T01:11:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T01:11:51","slug":"trump-says-he-may-replace-third-rate-artists-who-dropped-out-of-d-c-concerts-with-himself-the-man-who-gets-larger-audiences-than-elvis-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/05\/31\/trump-says-he-may-replace-third-rate-artists-who-dropped-out-of-d-c-concerts-with-himself-the-man-who-gets-larger-audiences-than-elvis-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says He May Replace \u201cThird Rate Artists\u201d Who Dropped Out of D.C. Concerts With Himself: \u201cThe Man Who Gets Larger Audiences Than Elvis\u201d – The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tPresident Donald Trump<\/a> is speaking out about the \u201cthird rate artists\u201d who have dropped out<\/a> of his Freedom 250 concert series, suggesting that he may invite \u201cthe man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis,\u201d referring to himself, to take their place with a speech.<\/p>\n

\tTrump took to Truth Social<\/a> on Saturday, where he argued that he draws larger crowds that the King of Rock and Roll \u201cin his prime.\u201d He wrote, \u201cI understand Artists are getting \u2018the yips\u2019 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 \u2018Artists,\u2019 and give a major speech, rallying the Country forward like I have done ever since being President!\u201d \t<\/p>\n

\tOn Friday, Bret Michaels and The Commodores joined a group of musical talent who announced they had exited the concert series. In a statement on his website, the Poison lead singer explained that \u201cunfortunately, what was presented to us as a celebration of our country has evolved into something much more divisive than what I agreed to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tYoung MC, Morris Day<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0Martina McBride<\/a>\u00a0have also exited the Freedom 250 concert slate. Milli Vanilli was also announced as part of the lineup, however Jodie Rocco, a member of the group, told the\u00a0Associated Press<\/em>\u00a0on Thursday that she was \u201cshocked\u201d to see Milli Vanilli\u2019s name on the list. \t<\/p>\n

\t\u201cTwo years ago, the United States was DEAD. Now we have the \u2018HOTTEST\u2019 Country anywhere in the World. I don\u2019t want so-called \u2018Artists\u2019 that get paid far too much money, who aren\u2019t happy,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cI only want to be surrounded by Happy People, Smart People, Successful People, and People that know how to WIN. So, by copy of this TRUTH, I am ordering my Representatives to look at the feasibility of doing an AMERICA IS BACK Rally on Wednesday, Washington, D.C., same time, same location. Only Great Patriots invited \u2014 It will be a Wild and Beautiful Celebration of America!\u201d<\/p>\n

\tVanilla Ice and Flo Rida are two artists still slated to perform across the Freedom 250 concert series. The event is taking place from June 25 to July 10 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.,\u00a0as part of the Freedom 250 public-private partnership, which is backed by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump is speaking out about the \u201cthird rate artists\u201d who have dropped out of his Freedom 250 concert series, suggesting that he may invite \u201cthe man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis,\u201d referring to himself, to take their place with a speech. Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday, where he argued […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}