<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An upcoming celebration of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="_blank" title="America's"><span>America's</span></a><span> 250th anniversary - “The Great American State Fair" - recently had several musical guests back out, partly over the event's ties to President </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="_blank" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span>. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Now, Trump himself is slated to headline the festivities.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“I understand Artists are getting ‘the yips’ having to do with their performance,” Trump posted to his social media platform Truth Social on Saturday, adding that he was thinking of bringing “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.'”</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The group organising the June fair on Washington's National Mall, Freedom 250, confirmed the billing in a statement, writing, “we are excited to announce that President Trump will personally kick off this historic celebration on Wednesday, June 24.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/goats-record-export-trade-global-demand-australian-meat-surges-farming/c6f260e3-7b50-404e-b221-46674360efa6" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Aussie goat meat exports skyrocket in record-breaking year</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump's social media post twice referenced him holding a rally “Wednesday," without a specific date. The White House did not immediately clarify the discrepancy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Danielle Alvarez, a spokesperson for Freedom 250, emphasised the broader fair that is scheduled from June 25 through July 10 includes an array of exhibits, family-friendly attractions, musical performances, flyovers and more.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-to-headline-great-american-state-fair-artists-drop-out/d04d016b-dd62-4a0c-b68b-983c6d8657dc" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump was dismissive of the acts that backed out, suggesting in a follow-up post that the solution is to “Cancel it.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/british-expats-why-manchester-family-moved-back-to-australia-after-returning-to-england-exclusive/ba9c9a8b-bfe4-411c-b100-b128fb35da0c" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>British family sold everything to move to Perth. They left within months</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“We should have a giant MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY, for 250, instead of having overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose music is boring, and yet who do nothing but complain,” Trump said on social media.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Freedom 250 is billed as nonpartisan, but was launched last year by Trump and is led by a former State Department appointee from Trump's first term.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Several artists, including Bret Michaels, the Commodores and Martina McBride dropped out last week.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Michaels and other artists have said that they were misled about the theme of the shows or were otherwise wary of being caught up in a political fight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McBride, in a statement on Instagram, said she had been “presented with an opportunity to perform at a nonpartisan event but that turned out to be misleading.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Other artists plan to attend, including Flo Rida, Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli and Vanilla Ice.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The latter's representative previously said that the “Ice Ice Baby” rapper was “proud to help celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary!”</span></div></div>