One half of Milli Vanilli’s public-facing duo, Fab Morvan, said he will also perform as scheduled. The voices behind Milli Vanilli’s music said in a statement on X that they will not be performing.
Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he had heard artists were getting “the yips” – a term used in golf for involuntary spasms or freezes that impact a swing. He said he was thinking of appearing himself at the same time and location.
“I am ordering my Representatives to look at the feasibility of doing an AMERICA IS BACK Rally on Wednesday, Washington, DC, same time, same location. Only Great Patriots invited,” he wrote, calling himself the “Number One Attraction anywhere in the World” and saying he “gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime”.
He later doubled down, saying he wanted to replace the planned fair altogether with a rally.
“We should have a giant MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY, for 250, instead of having overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose music is boring, and yet who do nothing but complain,” he said.
The White House is backing a number of events organised by Freedom 250 to mark the anniversary of US independence.
They include a UFC fight on its South Lawn, the Great American State Fair in June and July, and a Grand Prix race in the US capital in August.
The US will also release a limited number of commemorative passports that feature a portrait of Trump.