Trump Floats DC Rally After Artists Drop Off Great American State Fair Bill

The summer concert series called the Great American State Fair, part of Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 events on the National Mall, has lost several of its scheduled performers. Morris Day And The Time, Young MC, Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, and the Commodores all pulled out of the lineup this week. No official reasons were given, but the departures follow mounting pressure on artists booked for the event.

Trump responded on his Truth Social platform on May 30, dismissing the acts as “Third Rate ‘Artists’” and “highly paid” performers who are “not happy.” He proposed a different kind of gathering for Wednesday, same time and location. “I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World,” he wrote, “the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime.” Trump went on to order his representatives to look into the feasibility of holding an “AMERICA IS BACK Rally,” where only “Great Patriots” would be invited.

The announcement does not cancel the musical portion entirely. Vanilla Ice, Milli Vanilli, and C+C Music Factory have publicly defended their decisions to stay on the bill. Rapper Flo Rida has not commented. The lineup now stands as a curious patchwork of holdouts, legacy acts, and the potential for a rally headlined by a former president who insists he can draw a crowd without a guitar.