Not to defend Gene and Paul, but I saw the photo from yesterday at the Oval Office and Peter appeared to be present as well.
I like KISS. But I don’t think I can enjoy them after this. Their songs only fill me with sad thoughts anymore.
Don’t ever prove me wrong. I hate to be proven wrong.
I like George Strait, though I haven’t listened much to his music in recent years. My general assumption is that Trump is giving these honors to loyalists (or those willing to give him money), and the thought that Strait is now a MAGA made me sad.
But, some googling indicates that Strait has generally kept his politics to himself, though, OTOH, it shouldn’t surprise me if a 73-year-old white man from Texas is a Trump supporter.
I think Trump’s thinking was that he was going to give the awards to people who would, at the very least, show up. Donnie didn’t want to suffer the ignominy of having nominees who declined the honors solely due to his presence. I don’t know if Michael Crawford, for example, is a super-MAGA; he was probably just happy that he was honored by anybody at his age.
It should be noted that Trump was going to give an honor to Tom Cruise, but Cruise declined because of “scheduling conflicts” (you more or less have to accept the honors in person). Who knows what the real story is there.
Cruise couldn’t make it because he had to clean his toenails that night. Or was it that he had to wash his hair?
Hey, at least Gloria Gaynor deserves it.
In this case, it seems he’s giving awards to musicians that he personally likes.
I guess he saved the Village People for the 2026 honors. 
The guy who sang Phantom of the Opera is Michael Crawford, and he is(was?) a pretty big deal in UK. Which makes me wonder how Trump even knows about him, and really makes me wonder why he’d even want to accept.
Crawford was probably just happy that someone remembered him.
Trump likes Phantom of the Opera.
The thing that surprised me most about these recipients is that, other than KISS, none of them would have really raised too many eyebrows in years past. I honestly thought Trump was going to choose a bunch of true hacks like Kid Rock, Dean Cain, Vince McMahon or the people who made that awful Trump Prophecy movie a few years back.
Getting back to the so-called peace prize the felon just got gifted to stop his tantrum, here are some great memes in response. My personal favorite is #10.
A very close second is #15, a damning one about the traitor’s party.
KISS? Kennedy Center?
I’ve seen enough to know I’ve seen too much.
Grammer’s been like that for awhile. He campaigned for Michelle Bachmann (remember her?) in 2012.
You don’t destroy a country as big as the US in a year.
Cruise is the definition of “I may be crazy, but I’m not stupid”.
Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise crazy
Just be glad it’s him not you
If you had Tom Cruise’s troubles
You might be Tom Cruise crazy too
You’d flash your big white shiny smile
You’d buy expensive shoes
But you’d be the only man on Earth who couldn’t enjoy Tom Cruise
