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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, claiming he could draw larger audiences than Elvis Presley, said on Saturday he was considering headlining a Washington rally after several artists quit events celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary.
Shortly after they were announced as performers in a concert series around the July 4 holiday, several musical acts backed out, with some citing politicisation of the event.
The concerts were scheduled to kick off on June 25 as part of a major exposition on the National Mall organised by Freedom 250, a Trump-backed public-private entity.
“I understand Artists are getting ‘the yips’” about performing, Trump posted on Truth Social, one day after a fourth and fifth act announced their departure, out of a total of nine artists originally announced.
