Topline
President Donald Trump is “thinking about” replacing a slate of music artists scheduled to perform at the “Great American State Fair” with his own rally, he said Saturday, after most performers booked for the event dropped out this week.
Trump said his rally would replace the music performances.
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Key Facts
Trump said in a Truth Social post he may “take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate ‘Artists,’ and give a major speech.”
Crucial Quote
Trump said: “I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar, the man who loves our Country more than anyone else, and the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate “Artists,” and give a major speech, rallying the Country forward like I have done ever since being President!”
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