{"id":169,"date":"2026-05-29T09:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=169"},"modified":"2026-05-29T09:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:10:23","slug":"anti-trump-entertainers-bolt-from-freedom-250-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=169","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Trump Entertainers Bolt from Freedom 250 Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Several entertainers abruptly backed out of President Donald Trump-linked Freedom 250 concerts this week after learning more details about the patriotic celebration planned for the National Mall. The cancellations add to the long-running tensions between Americans and the politically progressive entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=167\">Book Review: \u2018Busting African Delusions\u2019 by Lipton Matthews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Young MC, Morris Day, the Commodores and country singer Martina McBride were among the performers who announced they would no longer appear at \u201cThe Great American State Fair,\u201d a series of concerts and events scheduled for June 25 through July 10 in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The event is being organized by Freedom 250, a group launched by Trump late last year that describes itself as a \u201cnational, non-partisan organization leading the celebration of our Nation\u2019s 250th birthday.\u201d Trump selected former State Department official Keith Krach to serve as the organization\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n<p>The cancellations came just one day after organizers unveiled the first wave of performers.<\/p>\n<p>McBride said on social media that she initially agreed to participate because she believed the event would remain politically neutral.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=164\">Morning Greatness: Treasury Plans for $250 Bill with Trump\u2019s Portrait, Signature<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday things started changing and what we were told is, in fact, not what is happening,\u201d she wrote Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Young MC similarly suggested he was uncomfortable with the event\u2019s political ties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe artists were never told about any political involvement with the event,\u201d he wrote on Instagram, adding that he hoped to \u201cperform in D.C. in the near future at an event that is not so politically charged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morris Day also confirmed his departure in a brief Instagram statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContrary to rumor, Morris Day &amp; The Time will not be performing at the \u2018GREAT AMERICAN STATE FAIR,\u2019\u201d he posted.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=162\">Why the SAVE Act Matters<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several entertainers abruptly backed out of President Donald Trump-linked Freedom 250 concerts this week after learning more details about the patriotic\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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