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BumRushDaShow

(173,623 posts)
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 10:17 AM 7 hrs ago

Trump's Freedom 250 cancels Vanilla Ice concert

Source: msn/The Independent

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President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 has canceled a concert performance by “Ice Ice Baby” rapper Vanilla Ice two hours before he was set to take the stage. Freedom 250, the president’s public-private organization tasked with throwing celebrations for the 250th anniversary of American independence, announced after 5 p.m. ET Friday that “due to inclement weather” the “Great American State Fair,” where Vanilla Ice was set to perform, will be closed for the rest of the day.

“The safety of our guests, staff, and partners remains our top priority. We are actively monitoring conditions and will provide updates as they become available,” Freedom 250 wrote on X. The organization added that the fair will reopen Saturday at 10 a.m.

Vanilla Ice, whose real name is Rob Van Winkle, called the event a “once in a lifetime opportunity” in an Instagram post hours earlier. “We’re about to have a great party tonight,” the rapper said in a video on the National Mall, where he was set to perform on a massive stage. “This is gonna be epic.” In the caption, he wrote: “Once in a lifetime, happy birthday America. Put your dance shoes on. We’re all gonna come together and be teenagers for the night.”

It’s unclear whether the concert will be rescheduled. The Independent has requested comment from Freedom 250 organizers.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/trump-s-freedom-250-cancels-vanilla-ice-concert/ar-AA26DABK

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Trump's Freedom 250 cancels Vanilla Ice concert (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago OP
Was weather bad? Srkdqltr 7 hrs ago #1
Summer in D.C.? There's always bad weather there BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #4
We lived in the area for 8 years during my husband's final Air Force assignment. 3catwoman3 6 hrs ago #5
When I visited DC for fun vs demos/marches in the summer I'd watch the weather and go when.... electric_blue68 5 hrs ago #12
;-{) THIS Goonch 7 hrs ago #2
Baaahahahahaaaaaa! electric_blue68 5 hrs ago #11
My god, Trump is delusional PatSeg 6 hrs ago #3
So it sounds like he's getting Obama to come in and speak? SeattleVet 6 hrs ago #9
Ha, ha, ha! PatSeg 6 hrs ago #10
Well, Obama does have a room in Trump's head. ananda 3 hrs ago #22
You can tell when he's feeling relatively humbled. Grokenstein 4 hrs ago #15
Ha, ha, good point PatSeg 3 hrs ago #21
"Trump Ass-Lick Show Gets Put On ICE" oasis 6 hrs ago #6
Iced Iced Baby! Bayard 4 hrs ago #17
I bet the fans that were looking forward to the show are crushed though AZJonnie 6 hrs ago #7
He is his own biggest fan. 3catwoman3 6 hrs ago #8
Rob Van Winkle? Intractable 5 hrs ago #13
The Offspring tagged him right Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 4 hrs ago #14
Maybe Vanilla Ice melted like the fake ice cream. twodogsbarking 4 hrs ago #16
I just realized that the 250 refers to the crowd number. twodogsbarking 3 hrs ago #18
Jim Carrey honors Rob Van Winkle with an outstanding musical impression. Tbear 3 hrs ago #19
Amazing 'In Living Color' bit wolfie001 2 hrs ago #26
As a Canadian, i'd love to see the next Democratic President hold a retroactive 250 celebration LiberalLovinLug 3 hrs ago #20
It's God's will IronLionZion 3 hrs ago #23
Melania can't wait for 2028. She's gotta be sick oasis 3 hrs ago #24
Less of a talent than aging Ted McNuggets wolfie001 2 hrs ago #25
Vanilla Ice. One hit blunder. Didn't Bowie sue him? marble falls 1 hr ago #27
*One* hit!? Slander!!! Who could forget "Ninja Rap" from TMNT II: The Secret of the Ooze? RockRaven 1 hr ago #28
Vanilla Ice never received the mental health he needed. Perhaps it was uncharted territory. twodogsbarking 42 sec ago #29

3catwoman3

(30,196 posts)
5. We lived in the area for 8 years during my husband's final Air Force assignment.
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 11:08 AM
6 hrs ago

All summer long, the temperature and humidity are typically both in the 90s and is it absolutely miserable to be outside.

electric_blue68

(27,931 posts)
12. When I visited DC for fun vs demos/marches in the summer I'd watch the weather and go when....
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 12:32 PM
5 hrs ago

It was low- mid 80°Fs and low humidity.
But that was the 1980's, 1990's.

PatSeg

(54,050 posts)
3. My god, Trump is delusional
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 10:56 AM
6 hrs ago
“I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar, the man who loves our Country more than anyone else, and the man who some say is the Greatest President in History,” Trump said.


"Some say" usually refers to the voices in his head.

Grokenstein

(6,462 posts)
15. You can tell when he's feeling relatively humbled.
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 01:38 PM
4 hrs ago

He says "some people say" instead of "everyone says."

PatSeg

(54,050 posts)
21. Ha, ha, good point
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 02:13 PM
3 hrs ago

Of course like everything else, the humility is fake. It is all performance.

3catwoman3

(30,196 posts)
8. He is his own biggest fan.
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 11:36 AM
6 hrs ago

I really despise this mofo.

The Shakespeare phrase ,"All sound and fury, signifying nothing," comes to mind.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,780 posts)
20. As a Canadian, i'd love to see the next Democratic President hold a retroactive 250 celebration
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 02:04 PM
3 hrs ago

Do it right. With popular American artists. Inclusive. Multicultural.

Your country deserves it. Despite mistakes, you've done a lot for the world, and are a success. You deserve a party.

oasis

(54,340 posts)
24. Melania can't wait for 2028. She's gotta be sick
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 02:32 PM
3 hrs ago

and tired of attending these colossal flop events.

RockRaven

(20,065 posts)
28. *One* hit!? Slander!!! Who could forget "Ninja Rap" from TMNT II: The Secret of the Ooze?
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 04:12 PM
1 hr ago

Go ninja, go nina, go
Go ninja, go ninja, go

https://m.




JFC, this is so ridiculous.
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