The now official Republican presidential candidate made his entrance at the national convention to the song “God bless the USA.” The song has become a veritable anthem of the Trumpist camp in the United States.
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It has become a veritable conservative anthem in the United States. God bless the USAthe country hit by singer Lee Greenwood, is fervently sung by Donald Trump’s supporters at all his rallies. It was to this song that the American billionaire made his entrance at the Republican National Convention on Monday, July 15 in Milwaukee, where he was officially sworn in as his party’s candidate for the presidential election. Lee Greenwood himself was there to perform his song live. And this long-time Trump supporter took the opportunity to return to the assassination attempt that targeted Donald Trump on Saturday, July 13, stating into the microphone: “This man will not be defeated, he has the courage, the strength and he will be the next president of the United States.”
A 1984 song that exalts traditional America
In 1984, the song God bless the USA appears on the album for the first time You’ve got a good love coming‘, by country singer Lee Greenwood. The song’s lyrics exalt traditional America “from the lakes of Minnesota / To the hills of Tennessee / Across the plains of Texas” (from the lakes of Minnesota / to the hills of Tennessee / across the plains of Texas) and its values: “‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom / And they can’t take that away” (because this flag means freedom / and they can’t take that from us), proudly proclaiming “I’m proud to be an American” (I am proud to be American).
A tube already chosen by Ronald Reagan and which continues to enjoy success
The song has already pleased the Republican camp. The year it was released, God bless the USA was played at another Republican National Convention, this time for the inauguration of Ronald Reagan, then a candidate for re-election to the White House. But the song was most successful in the early 1990s, so much so that Lee Greenwood released it a second time in 1992, on his album American Patriot (American patriot). God bless the USA returned to the top of the US record sales charts again just under ten years later, after the shock of the attacks on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.
Lee Greenwood has performed at several Trump rallies
It is therefore not surprising that Lee Greenwood, who defined himself in a 2018 interview on NPR radio as “a conservative Christian”has joined Donald Trump’s supporters. During the American billionaire’s first campaign, for the 2016 presidential election, the country singer performed several times Good blessing to the USA live, as for the 2018 midterms and then in 2020 for Trump’s second presidential campaign.
A version revisited by Beyoncé
But the title was also taken up by the Democratic side. In 2011, under Barack Obama, it was the singer Beyoncé, official supporter of the 44th President of the United States, who took it up on the evening of the national holiday. For the occasion she changed the phrase “And it’s time we stand and say” (and it is time for us to stand up and say) by “And it’s time to make a change” (and it’s time to change things).