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The
video, posted Saturday night on the Republican president's Truth
Social platform, was accompanied by Loggins' song “Danger Zone,”
which appears on the soundtrack of the blockbuster 1986 Tom
Cruise fighter pilot movie “Top Gun.” Loggins, in a statement
Monday on his website, said he was not asked for permission and
called for the video to be removed.
“I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or
associated with something created with the sole purpose of
dividing us,” Loggins wrote. “Too many people are trying to tear
us apart, and we need to find new ways to come together. We’re
all Americans, and we’re all patriotic.”
As of Tuesday morning, the video remained on Truth Social.
Numerous musicians, including Adele and Bruce Springsteen, have
objected over the past decade to Trump’s use of their material
at campaign rallies and elsewhere.
Representatives for Loggins responded to The Associated Press'
request for additional comment Tuesday by reissuing his
statement from the day before. The White House responded to a
request for comment with a still from “Top Gun” with the caption
"I FEEL THE NEED FOR SPEED," paraphrasing one of the film's
famous lines.
Trump has used music on AI videos at other times, including Blue
Oyster Cult's ”Don't Fear the Reaper" on a post in early October
about Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought.
Large crowds turned out around the country Saturday for the
latest round of “No Kings” rallies, at which participants
denounced what they see as the authoritarian policies of the
president. Trump on Sunday dismissed the rallies as a “joke” and
told reporters, “I'm no king.”
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