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mahatmakanejeeves

(56,882 posts)
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 03:56 PM Nov 2019

Trump taps 'God Bless the USA' singer Lee Greenwood for Kennedy Center board

Source: The Hill

Trump taps 'God Bless the USA' singer Lee Greenwood for Kennedy Center board
BY BRETT SAMUELS - 11/01/19 02:47 PM EDT



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President Trump on Friday announced that he intends to appoint country musician Lee Greenwood to the Kennedy Center board.

Greenwood's most well-known song, "God Bless the U.S.A.," has become synonymous with Trump's rallies, with the tune playing whenever the president walks onstage. The song also occasionally plays at the outset of White House events.

Greenwood performed "God Bless the U.S.A." at one of Trump's rallies in Missouri last November ahead of the midterm elections.

The president previously tapped actor Jon Voight and and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), two ardent supporters of his, to serve on the Kennedy Center board. Other Trump appointees to the board include billionaire Kelcy Warren, the chairman of Energy Transfer Partners, author Karen LeFrak and resort executive Kelly Roberts.

First lady Melania Trump serves as an honorary chairwoman of the board of trustees.

The Trumps have yet to attend the annual Kennedy Center honors, which celebrates prominent entertainers and cultural contributors. The gala has honored prominent critics of the president each of the past two years.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/468573-trump-taps-god-bless-the-usa-singer-lee-greenwood-for-kennedy-center



Trump Taps Lee Greenwood For Kennedy Center Board
November 1, 2019

https://www.joemygod.com/2019/11/trump-taps-lee-greenwood-for-kennedy-center-board/

Via White House press release:

Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key positions in his Administration: Catherine Ann Stevens of Alaska, to be a Member of the Dwight Eisenhower Memorial Commission.

Stuart Chikami of Nevada, to be a Member of the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. Lee Greenwood of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Individuals to Key Administration Posts
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Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key position in his Administration:

Stephen Hahn of Texas, to be the Commissioner of Food and Drugs at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Dr. Stephen Hahn has been Chief Medical Executive at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston, TX, since May 2018 and Gilbert H. Fletcher Memorial Distinguished Chair and Professor of Radiation Oncology at MDACC since January 2015. MDACC is a research-driven patient care organization that has approximately 21,000 employees with an annual revenue of $5 billion and the largest number of clinical trials in the United States. As a radiation oncologist, Dr. Hahn specializes in treating lung cancer and sarcoma. He has authored 220 peer-reviewed original research articles. From 1996-2014, Dr. Hahn was at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was Henry K. Pancoast Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology from 2005-2014. Dr. Hahn was a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) from 1989-1996. Dr. Hahn received his medical degree from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, in 1984 and his B.A. in Biology from Rice University, Houston, TX, in 1980. He completed his residency in radiation oncology at NCI, his fellowship in medical oncology at NCI, and his residency in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Hospitals. He is board-certified in both medical oncology and radiation oncology.
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Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key positions in his Administration:

Catherine Ann Stevens of Alaska, to be a Member of the Dwight Eisenhower Memorial Commission.

Stuart Chikami of Nevada, to be a Member of the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.

Lee Greenwood of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The following individuals to be Members of the Board of Visitors to the United States Coast Guard Academy:

Stephen Flynn of Connecticut
Erica Schwartz of Florida
Michael Bruno of Hawaii
Stacey A. Dixon of the District of Columbia
Daniel P. Walsh of New Jersey
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Trump taps 'God Bless the USA' singer Lee Greenwood for Kennedy Center board (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 OP
Install loyalists everywhere. maxsolomon Nov 2019 #1
Ted Nugent is definitely at the top of the list. groundloop Nov 2019 #8
President obnoxious troll tenderfoot Nov 2019 #2
"most well-known song" Does he have any other KNOWN songs? underpants Nov 2019 #3
Yes he has! and maybe he'll sing it to drumf, it's called, don't gag... Canoe52 Nov 2019 #34
Whew underpants Nov 2019 #41
"Sympathy for the Devil" is another standard at his rallies underpants Nov 2019 #4
"Ave Satani" is a little too on-the-nose. Grokenstein Nov 2019 #7
And didn't Mick Jagger put the kibosh on him using their music? Initech Nov 2019 #20
Mick skipped it underpants Nov 2019 #29
K&R real Cannabis calm Nov 2019 #5
Oh, GAG me! NurseJackie Nov 2019 #6
Careful, Greenwood! Grokenstein Nov 2019 #9
Why? Because of one patriotic song that appeals to his base? Trump's a phony. YOHABLO Nov 2019 #10
He will want to appoint the CEO of the Brawndo company next LastDemocratInSC Nov 2019 #11
Oh good lord what next? MuseRider Nov 2019 #12
I just gotta to ask does he have this being played on eight track tape turbinetree Nov 2019 #13
I think it came out too late to make it onto 8-track. I can't recall hearing it on any mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 #15
I remember it coming out during the Ronny Reagun debacle....... turbinetree Nov 2019 #17
The board meeting oughta be fun. rsdsharp Nov 2019 #14
Music for people Turbineguy Nov 2019 #27
Per Wikipedia, he has already been a member of the National Council on the Arts mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 #16
Lee Greenwood? That's reason enough to impeach trump, right there. Hoyt Nov 2019 #18
+1 dalton99a Nov 2019 #21
IKR GrapesOfWrath Nov 2019 #42
Melania is "honorary chairwoman of the board of trustees" but hasn't attended an honors ceremony? muriel_volestrangler Nov 2019 #19
"Be Best" ! YOHABLO Nov 2019 #23
Who's after that? Horst Wessel??? Aristus Nov 2019 #22
jesus on a stick !!!! pangaia Nov 2019 #24
Actually an improvement over two of his previous appointments to the KenCen Board onenote Nov 2019 #25
I hate that fucking POS song. stopbush Nov 2019 #26
I like this True Blue American Nov 2019 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author True Blue American Nov 2019 #30
God, I hate that song. BlueStater Nov 2019 #31
I hear he's naming the Beatles too, for this one DonaldsRump Nov 2019 #32
Epitome of the one hit wonder. paleotn Nov 2019 #33
77-year-old singer with his 35-year-old POS song . . . hatrack Nov 2019 #35
destroying another fine institution with his nazi nationalist bs. nt yaesu Nov 2019 #36
Somewhere, Jackie Evancho is ticked off! B Stieg Nov 2019 #37
I wonder what those positions cost? BlueIdaho Nov 2019 #38
Lee Greenwood. rownesheck Nov 2019 #39
Bo Derek was named as a member of the Board of Trustees by Dubya. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Nov 2019 #40
That song will Linda Ed Nov 2019 #43

underpants

(182,271 posts)
3. "most well-known song" Does he have any other KNOWN songs?
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 04:07 PM
Nov 2019

I can’t say that I’ve ever heard another even back when the situation was perfect for him to cash in with literally anything he put out.

Canoe52

(2,944 posts)
34. Yes he has! and maybe he'll sing it to drumf, it's called, don't gag...
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 07:35 PM
Nov 2019

I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)

underpants

(182,271 posts)
4. "Sympathy for the Devil" is another standard at his rallies
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 04:08 PM
Nov 2019

I’ve read that it’s often played more then once.

underpants

(182,271 posts)
29. Mick skipped it
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 05:52 PM
Nov 2019

I'm not sure Mick and Keith own the rights to Sympathy. They gave up their library pre-71 the get out of their contract with their manager (same one McCartney signed with that broke up The Beatles) if memory serves.

"Old Gods Almost Dead" great book.

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
9. Careful, Greenwood!
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 04:21 PM
Nov 2019

He's already getting touchy-feely there. Next thing you know he'll dog-hump you right there on the stage like he does the flag.

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
10. Why? Because of one patriotic song that appeals to his base? Trump's a phony.
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 04:22 PM
Nov 2019

I hope karma comes around to kick him in his fat ...

MuseRider

(34,057 posts)
12. Oh good lord what next?
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 04:24 PM
Nov 2019

I have had to play that song so many times I just want to add those minutes to the end of my life, I want them back.

A shitty song by a guy that I have not heard anything from since. I am sure he had some kind of career but not one I would ever have followed and never heard about. Once you show yourself with something like this I am no longer interested.

I guess it is par for the course, so to speak, that Trump would pick this guy. He is really not into good things, only things that will somehow make him look like what he is not but tries so hard to be seen as.

Failure after failure, another very poor but very obvious choice.

turbinetree

(24,631 posts)
13. I just gotta to ask does he have this being played on eight track tape
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 04:34 PM
Nov 2019

and does he know the words.................by heart.............does he hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm the tune, prior to going to sleep............

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,882 posts)
15. I think it came out too late to make it onto 8-track. I can't recall hearing it on any
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 04:39 PM
Nov 2019

radio station that I listened to.

turbinetree

(24,631 posts)
17. I remember it coming out during the Ronny Reagun debacle.......
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 04:46 PM
Nov 2019

I think it came out during the 1980's..................

rsdsharp

(9,035 posts)
14. The board meeting oughta be fun.
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 04:36 PM
Nov 2019

Lee can sing them a medley of his greatest hit.

God I hate that fucking song. I was working in country radio when it came out and I wanted to barf every time I punched the start button on the cart.

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,882 posts)
16. Per Wikipedia, he has already been a member of the National Council on the Arts
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 04:43 PM
Nov 2019
Lee Greenwood

Member of the National Council on the Arts
In office: November 2008 – November 2014
Nominated by: George W. Bush

Website: www.leegreenwood.com

Melvin Lee Greenwood (born October 27, 1942) is an American country music artist. Active since 1962, he has released more than 20 major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts.

Greenwood is known for his patriotic signature song "God Bless the U.S.A.", which was originally released and successful in 1984, and became popular again during the Gulf War in 1991 and after the September 11, 2001 attacks (becoming his highest charting pop hit, reaching number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100). He also has charted seven number-one hits in his career: "Somebody's Gonna Love You", "Going, Going, Gone", "Dixie Road", "I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)", "Don't Underestimate My Love For You", "Hearts Aren't Made to Break (They're Made to Love)", and "Mornin' Ride". His 1983 single "I.O.U." was also a top-five hit on the adult contemporary charts, and a number 53 on the Hot 100.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,146 posts)
19. Melania is "honorary chairwoman of the board of trustees" but hasn't attended an honors ceremony?
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 04:50 PM
Nov 2019

She's meant to make a vague effort at returning the compliment. What a lazy piece of shit.

onenote

(42,373 posts)
25. Actually an improvement over two of his previous appointments to the KenCen Board
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 05:28 PM
Nov 2019

Trump previously appointed Jon Voight and Mike Huckabee.

Presidential appointments to the KenCen Board of Trustees have long been used to reward campaign contributors and political supporters. No one pays that much attention. For example, does anyone here know George Bush's appointees to the Board included Bo Derek and Betsy Devos? Or that President Obama appointed Valerie Jarrett and Susan Rice?

Response to stopbush (Reply #26)

hatrack

(59,436 posts)
35. 77-year-old singer with his 35-year-old POS song . . .
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 08:10 PM
Nov 2019

Oh, but it came out when (insert sighing sounds) Ronald Reagan was president.

And his most recent country album came out in 2000, and peaked at #66 in the Country Charts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Greenwood_discography#1980s

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)
39. Lee Greenwood.
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 08:56 PM
Nov 2019

The man whose only claim to fame is a love song for a country he apparently wants to have sex with.

40. Bo Derek was named as a member of the Board of Trustees by Dubya.
Sat Nov 2, 2019, 01:00 AM
Nov 2019

During the GOP convention, Bo - an ardent supporter of a woman's right to choose - was asked how she could support a pro-life candidate. She said she didn't think Bush would do anything to restrict abortion rights. Right!

It seems 10 was not only her looks but also her IQ.

Linda Ed

(492 posts)
43. That song will
Sun Nov 3, 2019, 08:42 AM
Nov 2019

be forever tarnished now with trump using it and sorry to hear that Lee Greenwood allowed this to happen as now I will never hear that song and it's meaning again with tears...it will remind me of trump and him playing politics with it with Greenwood for a seat on a board...Disgusting

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