Chatting with Fox Information Digital by telephone on Monday night, nation star Lee Greenwood mirrored on the electrical expertise of performing his traditional music “God Bless the USA” and introducing former President Donald Trump on the Republican Nationwide Conference on Monday evening, July 15, in Milwaukee.
“It is easy to say that I’ve executed this earlier than,” Greenwood stated, noting that whereas that is his sixth RNC, it is also the fortieth anniversary of writing his iconic music and releasing it as a report.
“It is also the fortieth anniversary of the Republican Occasion utilizing ‘God Bless the USA’ with Ronald Reagan on the ’84 RNC,” stated Greenwood. “However there have been quite a lot of issues that have been completely different final evening.”
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“An important of all,” he stated because the second evening of the conference will get underway, “is that we acknowledge that the assassination try on the president’s life would have modified the complete world for us if President Trump had been killed,” stated Greenwood.
“The second factor is, once I carried out on the request of the president, the band that was enjoying really labored for me for 10 years — in order that they’re very conversant in my music. They did most of my USO excursions,” he added, which made it extra snug for him.
Former President Donald Trump is proven on the primary evening of the Republican Nationwide Conference in Milwaukee on Monday evening. Lee Greenwood on Monday carried out his well-known music “God Bless the USA” and launched the previous president to the conference corridor. (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/Getty Photos)
Greenwood stated that on the opening evening of the conference, “which I used to be not marketed to be at, I needed to make it possible for I used to be capable of excite, incite and electrify the room on the RNC.”
And “when the president walked into the room, filled with energy, after which had his VP alternative [Sen. JD Vance] subsequent to him and stood there along with his household throughout him, that is once I started to sing — which has occurred a few dozen instances to this point within the marketing campaign.”
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After which “we bought to the tip of the music, and I saluted him, and he saluted me again — and there was a second nearly of reverence,” stated Greenwood.
Reverence, he stated, as a result of at that time — after the surprising occasions of Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a gunman fired at Trump throughout his rally and the U.S. Secret Service needed to rush Trump off the stage — folks acknowledged that “he’s alive. He is filled with power, and he is prepared to maneuver ahead with the marketing campaign.”
Lee Greenwood is proven performing throughout the Republican Nationwide Conference on Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (AP Photograph/Charles Rex Arbogast)
And “I believe all people realized that,” stated Greenwood.
Added Greenwood of Trump, “He is a warrior. He is brave. He is defiant. And, as he stated in his tweet, he is not going to let this alteration his scheduling or the occasions of the marketing campaign.”
“God had an angel searching for him and defending him at that second.”
And in regard to the try on Trump’s life, “we’re simply lucky that God had an angel searching for him and defending him at that second, in order that he would flip his head and keep away from a killer shot.”
And “we’re very happy with him for bouncing again and coming to the RNC on Monday evening,” stated Greenwood, “when he wasn’t anticipated till later within the week.”
Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the united statesA.” has grow to be Donald Trump’s signature entrance music throughout his rallies; the music was performed on the outset of sure White Home occasions throughout the Trump administration. (Getty Photos)
Greenwood stated he anticipates performing once more for the Trump marketing campaign throughout this election season.
“I used to be proud to see a really energized crowd” on the conference, added Greenwood, and folks of all ages there as effectively, not simply older delegates or attendees, he stated.
“As I perused the room, I noticed numerous 30-year-olds, 40-year-olds — youthful individuals who have been energized not nearly being there however concerning the technique of electing a president.”
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Greenwood stated that in his subsequent dialog with Trump, in the event that they have been speaking on the telephone individual to individual, “I might naturally pray with him. Prayer helps.”
“How is your well being? Are you doing OK? How’s your loved ones?”
And “sure, realizing that he is a Christian — I might pray with him and hope that he would have good well being. And I might ask him that. I might say, ‘How is your well being? Are you doing OK? How’s your loved ones?’ That kind of dialog.”
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Greenwood stated that, in reference to the particular person behind the marketing campaign and behind the general public and political persona, “Trump is a really caring man. He’s positively a patriot. And he has been superb to me and my household all these years.”
Singer Lee Greenwood performs on the primary day of the Republican Nationwide Conference on the Fiserv Discussion board on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. Delegates, politicians and the Republican trustworthy are in Milwaukee for the annual conference, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his celebration’s presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
On this 2024 election season, Greenwood stated he hopes that “President Trump will likely be elected once more, and grow to be president once more, and make issues higher for America.”
Greenwood wrote “God Bless the USA” in 1983 — and it grew to become a success in 1984. It has been voted probably the most recognizable patriotic music in America.
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Greenwood has gained quite a few music business awards over time, together with Male Vocalist of the Yr from the Academy of Nation Music in 1983, two Male Vocalist of the Yr awards from the Nation Music Affiliation in 1983 and 1984, and a Grammy Award for High Male Vocal Efficiency in 1985 for “I.O.U.” He has seven No. 1 songs and 25 charted singles to his credit score.
The CMA named “God Bless The united statesA.” its Tune of the Yr in 1985.
