Trump, God Bless America and Patriotic Song
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Donald Trump sang only a few words of “God Bless America” at a Veterans Day event in Washington on Tuesday (11 November). The President stood alongside JD Vance as the patriotic song, written in 1918,
They were imprisoned for their roles in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol and became unlikely pop stars from prison, before being released and pardoned by Donald Trump.
The use of Swift's song in the TikTok video is unexpected, given the singer's relationship with Washington has long been charged. During the Trump administration, Swift broke her political silence in 2018, publicly endorsing Democratic candidates in her home state of Tennessee. Trump responded that he liked her music "about 25 percent less."