Vanilla Ice publicly backed Donald Trump on Friday 5 June, vowing to attend the president's Freedom 250 Great American State Fair event in Washington, DC, even after being quietly frozen out of the official concert lineup.
The fair was originally pitched as a non-partisan, multi-day music festival on the National Mall, scheduled from 25 June to 10 July to mark 250 years of US history. That changed sharply once it became clear the event was closely tied to Trump. Within days, at least six major acts announced they were withdrawing, complaining they had either not been told about the political angle or no longer felt comfortable with the way the celebration was evolving.
