The frontman of stone set Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, is successful basking h2o aft holding up a Donald Trump disguise astatine his Washington DC performance conscionable weeks aft nan erstwhile president nearly died from an assassination attempt.
The 52-year-old stone prima was performing astatine Nationals Park successful nan nation's superior connected Monday erstwhile Armstrong pulled retired a Trump disguise pinch nan connection 'idiot' written successful achromatic crossed nan forehead, photos circulating societal media show.
He angrily clutched nan disguise supra his caput - reminiscent of nan clip Kathy Lee Griffin posted a video of herself holding a 'severed head' of Trump that was covered successful humor successful 2017.
The vocalist besides allegedly changed nan lyrics successful American Idiot to: 'I'm not a portion of a MAGA agenda' - a move he besides did during ABC's New Year's Rockin' Eve - moments earlier pulling retired nan mask.
Unlike Griffin, who apologized for nan mediocre joke, Armstrong has not made a nationalist connection astir his brazen enactment astatine his concert.
Billie Joe Armstrong was performing astatine Nationals Park successful nan nation's superior connected Monday erstwhile Armstrong pulled retired a Trump disguise pinch nan connection 'idiot' written successful achromatic crossed nan forehead. Armstrong has not made a nationalist connection astir his brazen enactment astatine his concert
Many person slammed nan performer for holding a clone Trump caput conscionable weeks aft nan 45th president was astir assassinated successful Butler, Pennsylvania
He has publically shown his disdain for nan erstwhile president successful nan past, including erstwhile he claimed he was going to renounce his citizenship aft nan Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Many person slammed nan performer for holding a clone Trump caput conscionable weeks aft nan 45th president was nearly assassinated successful Butler, Pennsylvania, by Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20.
'You've disgraced yourself and mislaid a fan,' X personification David Kaiser wrote.
'The performance was held successful DC. This comes conscionable 2 weeks aft Trump was changeable successful nan receptor astatine a rally,' Mario Nawfal pointed out.
'PATHETIC,' Brandon Tatum wrote connected nan platform. 'Just 17 days aft Trump was shot.'
Trump (pictured pinch JD Vance) was astir changeable successful nan caput connected July 14 while giving a reside successful Butler
'Screw you,' different wrote.
'Quite nan heap of crap,' 1 wrote.
Republican Tennessee Representative, Tim Burchett - who has precocious travel nether occurrence for calling Kamala Harris a 'DEI hire' - responded to nan incident connected X, writing: 'Green Day utilized to beryllium anti-establishment now they are nan establishment.'
Independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema, who was reportedly astatine nan performance past night, has not commented connected nan incident.
Trump was astir changeable successful nan caput connected July 14 while giving a reside successful Butler.
'I seldom look distant from nan crowd. Had I not done that successful that moment, well, we would not beryllium talking today, would we?' Trump said aft nan event.
Trump's erstwhile physician, Ronny L Jackson, 57, said it was an 'absolute occurrence he wasn't killed' by Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20 (pictured)
Trump noted that he had turned somewhat to nan correct truthful that he could publication a floor plan connected forbidden immigrants - a move that yet saved his life.
'The astir unthinkable point was that I happened to not only turn, but to move astatine nan nonstop correct clip and successful conscionable nan correct amount,' he added, saying he survived 'by luck aliases by God.'
His erstwhile physician, Ronny L Jackson, 57, said it was an 'absolute occurrence he wasn't killed.'
'I americium highly thankful his life was spared,' Jackson wrote successful a missive earlier this month.
The expert said Trump sustained a two-centimeter - astir one-inch - gunshot coiled during nan attempted assassination.