Trump’s Freedom 250 Cancels Vanilla Ice Concert Two Hours Before Showtime

President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 has canceled a performance capacity by “Ice Ice Baby” rapper Vanilla Ice 2 hours earlier he was group to return nan stage.

Freedom 250, nan president’s public-private statement tasked pinch throwing celebrations for nan 250th day of American independence, announced aft 5 p.m. ET Friday that “due to inclement weather” nan “Great American State Fair,” wherever Vanilla Ice was group to perform, will beryllium closed for nan remainder of nan day.

“The information of our guests, staff, and partners remains our apical priority. We are actively monitoring conditions and will supply updates arsenic they go available,” Freedom 250 wrote on X. The statement added that nan adjacent will reopen Saturday astatine 10 a.m.

Vanilla Ice, whose existent sanction is Rob Van Winkle, called nan arena a “once successful a life opportunity” successful an Instagram post hours earlier.

“We’re astir to person a awesome statement tonight,” nan rapper said successful a video connected nan National Mall, wherever he was group to execute connected a monolithic stage. “This is gonna beryllium epic.”

In nan caption, he wrote: “Once successful a lifetime, happy day America. Put your creation shoes on. We’re each gonna travel together and beryllium teenagers for nan night.”

It’s unclear whether nan performance will beryllium rescheduled. The Independent has requested remark from Freedom 250 organizers.

Virtually each creator who was scheduled to execute for astatine nan performance bid — including Martini McBride, The Commodores and Bret Michaels — dropped retired of Freedom 250’s lineup shortly aft it was announced.

Vanilla Ice was nan past creator opinionated for Friday’s still-scheduled “I Love nan ‘90s” concert, which primitively featured Milli Vanilli, Young MC and C+C Music Factory.

Young MC dropped retired soon aft nan lineup was announced, saying nan artists “were ne'er told astir immoderate governmental engagement pinch nan event” erstwhile they were booked. The musicians down nan lip-syncing duo Milli Vanilli said they ne'er agreed to perform, and Freedom Williams, a rapper who owns nan authorities to usage nan C+C Music Factory name, said successful a video defending his quality that he “doesn’t f*** pinch Trump” earlier he besides apparently backed out.

Vanilla Ice told TMZ past period that he’s “not gonna get dragged” into politics.

“I’m present to statement pinch America, man,” he said. “Music is made to bring group together, and that’s what we are present to do. And we’re conscionable gonna correspond nan ‘90s.”

Once performers started pulling out, Trump stepped in, calling himself nan “Number One Attraction anyplace successful nan World.”

“I americium reasoning astir bringing nan Number One Attraction anyplace successful nan World, nan man who gets overmuch larger audiences than Elvis successful his prime, and he does truthful without a guitar, nan man who loves our Country much than anyone else, and nan man who immoderate opportunity is nan Greatest President successful History,” Trump said astir himself successful a Truth Social post last month.

Trump gave a political, rally-style speech to footwear disconnected nan “Great American State Fair” Wednesday night.

During nan speech, nan president raved astir his renewal projects astir Washington, D.C., including his monolithic and costly ballroom, which is astatine nan halfway of a ineligible conflict aft he demolished nan East Wing to make measurement for nan project. Trump besides re-painted nan Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool that turned greenish from algae days aft being completed while freshly applied bluish sealant appears to beryllium cracking off.

“For galore years, our state was ruled by politicians who fto America and its superior autumn into diminution and full disrepair. The metropolis named successful grant of General George Washington was turned into a nationalist disgrace, but not anymore,” Trump told a crowd of supporters Wednesday.

The kick-off arena besides featured euphony from Lee Greenwood, who sang his famed opus “God Bless nan USA,” and FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, sang nan nationalist anthem.

Wilkins’ performance was blasted online, pinch 1 X personification posting, “You tin perceive a amended rendition astatine immoderate precocious schoolhouse shot game.”

The cancelations aren’t only hiccups astatine Freedom 250 since nan adjacent opened this week.

On Thursday, a powerfulness outage struck nan fair’s nutrient hall, causing crystal pick to melt successful nan summertime heat, according to FOX 5 DC anchor Homa Bash.