Singer Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” has been played before nearly every campaign rally for President-elect Donald Trump in 2024 as he seeks a return to the White House.
Now, the day before Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, Greenwood will perform the hit song again at the “Make America Great Again Victory Rally” at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC
“What a privilege,” Greenwood told “America Reports” Sunday. “Here we are inside the Capital Arena. We’re out of the snow. It’s nice and dry here. And there’s an electric excitement in this arena.”
Supporters gather outside the Capital One Arena, ahead of a rally for US President-elect Donald Trump a day before his inauguration for a second term, in Washington, US, on January 19, 2025. (REUTERS/Marko Đurica)
The 82-year-old, who was also posted on perform at Trump’s second inaugurationreflected on his music career and how he got Trump’s attention with a patriotic tune.
“I’ve been a country artist for 40 years with 11 number one songs. I live in Nashville, Tennessee. I’m not originally from Tennessee. I’m from California. After 40 years of traveling the country, it’s interesting that hanging out with the president of the United States expands people’s knowledge of who you are and what your career is,” Greenwood told co-hosts John Roberts and Sandra Smith.
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“There is a line in my song, ‘I’m happy to stand by you and defend it even today’. I had no idea when I wrote that song and that line I would actually be standing next to the President of the United States.”
Trump is pictured outside the US Capitol building surrounded by a fence in Washington, DC on Friday, January 17, 2025. (Fox News Digital/Trump-Vance Transition Team)
He said that no matter how many times he sings a song, he tries to sing it differently in every environmentadding, “Sometimes, just sitting at the piano in a small, intimate performance or in an arena like this, there’s going to have to be more projection.”
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Billy Ray Cyrus, Kid Rock and the Village People, who are known for their hit “YMCA,” are also slated to perform at Capital One Arena.
