Donald Trump's ambassador to Belgium mocked pop star Katy Perry on stage in Brussels on Sunday 28 June, railing against her absence from an America250 celebration at Cinquantenaire Park after her scheduled festival show was cancelled for safety reasons.
The America250 event, organised by the US Mission to Belgium, was billed as a glossy soft‑power moment to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence. The celebration took over the sprawling public park in the Belgian capital, shutting it to ordinary residents and filling it instead with invited guests, political speeches and a distinctly pro‑Trump line‑up of performers. It also featured a pre‑recorded video appearance by Donald Trump himself.
