Paul McCartney is no fan of President Donald Trump and the political divide he has wrought, arguing during a recent podcast appearance that music is one of the most “valuable” reprieves these days from relentless political infighting in “Trump’s America.”
The Beatles member appeared on Wednesday’s podcast episode of “The Rest Is Entertainment,” and after telling hosts Marina Hyde and Richard Osman that some crowds don’t enjoy the songs he chooses to play, he said his biggest hits still bring people together.
“I mean particularly these days, too, you do something like ‘Hey Jude’ and you see this whole audience singing together,” said McCartney. “And in Trump’s America — and the Republicans and Democrats all at each other’s throats — when we do that song, they’re not.”
The music legend continued, “They’re all loving it and they’re all, it’s like, ‘Wow, this is pretty amazing,’ you know? That suddenly this room has forgotten all of that and it’s not, you know, going to argue with each other. We’re all just going to sing together.”
McCartney has written some of the most renowned and beloved songs of the 20th century and is one of the last two Beatles alive. He has been nominated for a whopping 83 Grammys, winning 19, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II — and is a vehement Trump critic.
