Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump was mercilessly mocked online when she released a new song with an accompanying video. Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, who is married to his son, Eric, has made previous attempts to launch a music career but has repeatedly attracted ridicule. Her new song, Hero, which songwriter Madeline Jaymes co-wrote, pays tribute to firefighters and emergency first responders, but despite the laudable sentiment, critics say Trump simply cannot sing.
“What did our eardrums do to deserve this?” one Twitter user asked. Another tweeted that his dogs had heard the song and “begged me to shoot off fireworks.” A third spoke to Vice President Kamala Harris, asking her if she would pass legislation to ban Lara Trump from singing.
Trump appeared able to brush off the mockery, however, and conceded that she has no great musical aspirations and indulges in the art of songwriting and performing out of love rather than ambition. “There are so many professional singers out there with so much talent, and I don’t consider myself to be one of them,” she added.
Nevertheless, Trump made a separate attempt at musical success last year and blamed political bias for holding her back. In September, Ms. Trump recorded her own interpretation of the Tom Petty hit “I Won’t Back Down” and lashed out at several musical apps, including Apple, for shadow-banning the track and making it near-impossible to find. Taking to Twitter, Trump asked Apple where her song was, saying she was unable to find it even when searching with the full title.
Her husband, Eric Trump, took up his wife’s cause and accused Apple of “viciously” censoring her music. Additionally, a Times Square billboard in New York City only agreed to advertise for the singer if her surname was excluded from the ad. TSX Entertainment said the word “Trump” was an “issue,” and her entire name was omitted when the ad went on display. Trump was furious, saying she was proud of her name and pointing out that the same billboard company happily advertised for organizations revered by the political left, such as Black Lives Matter and Planned Parenthood.
