Christeen Schroeder
Kenny Loggins has voiced his opposition to President Donald Trump’s use of his 1986 track Danger Zone in a trolling AI video posted Saturday as a retort to nationwide No Kings protests.
On Saturday, President Trump posted to Truth Social a 19-second AI video set to the tune from the soundtrack of the Tom Cruise aviation hit.
The video Trump posted depicted him as a fighter pilot with a crown on, dumping gallons of what appeared to be human feces onto the people protesting his policies.
Loggins, 77, said in a statement that he never gave the president permission to use the track, and certainly wouldn’t have under the circumstances he used it in.
‘This is an unauthorized use of my performance of ‘Danger Zone,’ Loggins said. ‘Nobody asked me for my permission, which I would have denied.’
Loggins said he wanted the video to be ‘removed immediately’ – and voiced his opposition to what he believed to be Trump’s motive to divide Americans to use to his advantage.
Loggins said: ‘I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us.
‘Too many people are trying to tear us apart, and we need to find new ways to come together.’
Loggins, whose catalog also includes hits such as I’m Alright and Footloose, said he felt the president needed to spread a message promoting unity amid the tense times.
‘We’re all Americans, and we’re all patriotic,’ the singer said.
He continued: ‘There is no “us and them” – that’s not who we are, nor is it what we should be. It’s all of us.
‘We’re in this together, and it is my hope that we can embrace music as a way of celebrating and uniting each and every one of us.’
Ask for comment on Loggins, the White House emailed Entertainment Weekly a meme with Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards’ Top Gun characters.
The meme was captioned with a line from the movie – ‘I feel the need for speed’ – doubling down on the message from Saturday.
Loggins is one of dozens of artists who have told Trump to stop using their music at his rallies.
Others include Beyoncé, the Foo Fighters, Rihanna, Guns N’ Roses, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Panic! at the Disco, Queen and R.E.M.
No Kings demonstrations were attended by millions across the country on October 18, to voice their opposition to Trump and his administration; and in a demonstration of free speech and assembly.
There were an estimated 2,700 rallies across the country, USA Today reported Monday.
Attendees spanned all demographics – from older Americans who had past protested the Vietnam War, to young people who are disillusioned with the current state of society.
People interviewed at the rallies, according to the newspaper, were rankled by the way Trump’s administration has treated immigrants and other people in vulnerable populations.
The president on Sunday denied being royalty but defended his efforts, telling reporters on Air Force One, ‘I’m not a king – I work my a** off to make our country great.’
A reporter asked House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday: ‘You say that Democrats had a hate America rally, but what does it say that the president of the United States over the weekend released a video of him pooping on the American people?’
Johnson said in response that ‘the president uses social media to make a point’ and was ‘using satire to make a point.’
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