Grammy-Winning Rock Legend Eviscerates Trump for ‘Stupid F***ing Idea’

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A Grammy-winning rock legend has slammed one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial rebrands–twice.

John Mellencamp, 74, diverted during one of his biggest hits to mock Trump, 80, during a concert on Saturday in Holmdel, New Jersey, https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/john-mellencamp-trump-gulf-of-mexico-renaming-1236303772/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/john-mellencamp-trump-gulf-of-mexico-renaming-1236303772/">as reported by Billboard on Monday.

Video of the show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w56eZthV4ng" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w56eZthV4ng">shared online sees Mellencamp ad-libbing after the line, “Well, there’s people and more people, what do they know... go to work in some high-rise and vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico,” from his 1983 hit “Pink Houses.”

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