The Trump administration’s interior secretary, Doug Burgum, complained on Sunday that some musicians “seem to have segmented their audiences” after artists bailed on participating in a concert series planned for the 250th anniversary of the US’s independence.
In the interview on CNN’s State of the Union, Burgum also dismissed calls to publicly identify who had made donations for the concert series – and maintained it was a “non-partisan” event despite Donald Trump referring to it as a rally.
