Trump's Rally Song Choice Sparks Controversy and Irony

A Montana rally for Donald Trump’s campaign has sparked a controversy lately for playing Celine Dion’s famous song “ My Heart will go on” without any apparent authorization. The song, the romantic song for the Titanic movie, was heard directly before Trump’s appearance raising concerns about the legality of the song’s public use. According to reports from The Daily Mail, the right to the song is owned by 20th Century Fox. This is not the first rally where Trump’s team uses the song; it was included in the playlist for significant Trump campaign events, such as the final days of the 2020 presidential campaign and a rally in North Carolina in June. The song’s most shocking of all appearances was in the MAGA rally by Trump’s supporters in Washington D.C., January 06, 2021, where rioters broke into the Capitol in an attempt to overturn the election results.

Commentators from The View, such as Sarah Haines and Whoopi Goldberg, have observed the irony of choosing the song. Haines suggested Trump’s supporters had turned his campaign into a sinking ship over the course of the rally. Multiple appearances and pointed uses of Dion’s poignant song raise suspicion. It is hard to ascertain the intentions of Trump’s operational team, but choosing a song played during the sinking of a luxurious steamship for fiercesome rioting might be seen as satisfactory irony.