Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose is not a fan of the current US President. Rose has regularly tweeted his misgivings about Donald Trump ever since he was elected in 2016.
2020 is election year in the USA and Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose is eager to see the end of the Trump administration. Rose jumped on Twitter for the first time since November 2019 this week to remind the world of his Trump resistance.
The tweet features an image of a blue hat. Blue is the colour of the US Democrats, who are in opposition to Trump’s Republican Party. The hat is a riff on Trump’s infamous “Make America great again,” merch. But this one bears the slogan “Make the White House great again.”
— Axl Rose (@axlrose) February 10, 2020
It’s unclear when Rose developed such distaste for Trump. I mean, it could just be the fact the President is an immoral narcissist. But Rose has taken umbrage at Trump’s use of GNR’s ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ at his chest-beating rallies. This grievance sparked a series of disparaging tweets in late 2018.
“Just so ya know… GNR like a lot of artists opposed to the unauthorized use of their music at political events has formally requested r music not b used at Trump rallies or Trump associated events,” wrote Rose.
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He went on to say “We have an individual in the WH that will say n’ do anything w/no regard for truth, ethics, morals or empathy of any kind, who says what’s real is fake n’ what’s fake is real.”
We have an individual in the WH that will say n’ do anything w/no regard for truth, ethics, morals or empathy of any kind, who says what’s real is fake n’ what’s fake is real.
— Axl Rose (@axlrose) November 4, 2018
Rose also said, “Personally I kinda liked the irony of Trump supporters listening to a bunch of anti Trump music at his rallies.” However, GNR haven’t always been champions of progressive causes. The song ‘One in a Million’ from the 1988 EP G N’ R Lies… included racist and homophobic lyrics.
“Immigrants and f*ggots/They make no sense to me/They come to our country/And think they’ll do as they please,” sang Rose. The song didn’t appear on a reissue of the record in 2018.
Watch: Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
