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During a New Jersey show, John Mellencamp mocked President Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, prompting a White House response that dismissed celebrity commentary and defended the administration’s stance on the issue; Mellencamp continued with his set after the remark.
John Mellencamp mocked Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America during a Holmdel, New Jersey concert, prompting a White House reply from spokesman Davis Ingle who said celebrities' opinions don't matter to many people; Mellencamp defended the song Pink Houses and called the renaming a stupid f--ing idea as he finished the performance.
On his Dancing Words Tour, John Mellencamp paused during “Pink Houses” to mock the proposed renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, telling the crowd, “It’s the Gulf of Mexico… (expletive) the Gulf of America,” before continuing the song. The moment underscores his long-standing view that the track is an anti-American critique of the American dream and social inequality, not a celebratory anthem, a nuance he has stressed in past interviews.