Trump Scraps Freedom 250, Headlines His Own Rally
TL;DR
After several acts pulled out over organizers' ties to Trump, the president scrapped the Freedom 250 concert series and will headline a Washington, D.C. rally on June 24, with Lee Greenwood and Christopher Macchio added to the bill; previously booked artists such as Martina McBride, Flo Rida, the Commodores, and Morris Day and the Time exited amid the controversy. The rally will include music and military bands, and Trump billed it as the greatest rally ever.
- Trump Scraps Failed Freedom 250 Concerts, Makes Himself Headliner of 'Greatest Rally, EVER' Rolling Stone
- Vanilla Ice Is In, Bret Michaels Is Out: Trump’s Battle for Celebrity Validation The New York Times
- Trump Makes It Official: The ‘Freedom 250’ Concerts Are Canceled — to Be Replaced With ‘the Greatest Rally EVER!,’ Starring Him and (Surprise) Lee Greenwood Variety
- Flo Rida Hasn't Said a Word About Donald Trump's Freedom 250 Concert. So We Asked His 'FloGPT' Rolling Stone
- Party of 1: How Trump’s ego destroyed America’s 250th birthday The Hill
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