Mehdi Hassan

They want to do a lot of stuff.

They want to build an arch, an arc to Trump, all of this kind of nonsense.

It's very, very kind of Roman Empire in decline moment here for the United States with this weird president.

America loves patriotic displays of flag waving in a way that

Many European countries don't, but I'm not seeing that right now.

I'm in Washington, D.C.

in the belly of the beast.

I'm not seeing people getting excited.

More people are excited about the World Cup and even the World Cup is going to be a disaster because Donald Trump's fingertips are all over it.

Take me back.

Tell me a little bit more about the so-called nonsense.

What kind of events, what kind of like, you know, big sort of staging moments are we expected to see?

Well, they couldn't pull off any big moments because most celebrities, musicians, film stars, famous folks don't like Donald Trump.

You'll be shocked to hear.

So it's very hard.

The Republican Party has always had this weird love-hate relationship with Hollywood where they kind of, they scream and say those Hollywood elites, and then they desperately try and find D-rate celebrities to come out and back them whenever they can.

He asked Milli Vanilli.

He did, and Milli Vanilli turned him down.

Imagine being turned down by Milli Vanilli.

A bunch of other artists were put on a list of artists performing, and they said, no one check with us.