The Republican candidate celebrated his second term in office with the song God Bless The U.S.A. covered by its creator, a star in the United States.
Everything ends in country music for the happy Republican candidate. On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, November 6, Donald Trump became the 47th president of the United States.e president of the United States. To the applause of his fervent supporters, the politician entered the stage of the West Palm Beach Convention Center with his family and close friends to the sound of God Bless The U.S.Aa cult track by popular US country singer Lee Greenwood.
This patriotic song was written in 1984. At the time, the 42-year-old singer explained that he had written it as a reaction to the Korean Air Lines 007 incident. As a reminder, 1er September 1983, the Boeing 747 flying from New York to Seoul was shot down by a Soviet fighter jet while flying over restricted airspace. In his verses and choruses, this Christian conservative expressed his deepest sympathy. “ pride in being american “ and blessed his country “ from the lakes of Minnesota to the hills of Tennessee and the plains of Texas “.
A country legend
Born in California in 1942, Lee Greenwood made a name for himself early on in the country music genre that was so popular across the Atlantic. His career peaked at the beginning of the 1980s with his song IOU released in 1983, which reached the top 5 of the adult contemporary music charts and the 53rd edition.e place on the Billboard Hot 100. A year later, he released God Bless the USAwhich will soon be associated with the history of Republican Party rallies.
The American singer has written seven songs that will each in turn reach number one on the list of the most popular country songs in the U.S. with : Somebody’s Gonna Love You, Going, Going, Gone, Dixie Road, I Don’t Mind the Thorns, Don’t Underestimate My Love For You, Hearts Aren’t Made to Break and Mornin’ Ride. A true US country phenomenon, Lee Greenwood has sold almost 25 million albums in a career spanning more than sixty years. A record that certainly appealed to Donald Trump.