Overview
- Loggins said he was not asked to license his 1986 Top Gun recording and called for its immediate removal from the video.
- Trump posted multiple AI-generated clips on Truth Social after the weekend’s nationwide No Kings protests.
- One clip portrays Trump as a fighter pilot dropping feces-like sludge on demonstrators while “Danger Zone” plays.
- Loggins criticized the pairing as intentionally divisive and said he would have refused any request to use the track.
- Artists including the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Ozzy Osbourne, Adele, and Tom Petty’s family have objected to Trump’s music use, and Neil Young has sued over alleged infringement.