Kenny Loggins Doesn’t Want Any Part of Trump’s ‘No Kings’ ‘Poop’ Video

Two days ago, the president of the United States posted an AI-generated video on the website Truth Social, which depicted him flying over the “No Kings” protests that swept the country this weekend and dropping what looked like feces on protesters. The video included Kenny Loggins’ classic tune “Danger Zone”, as featured on Top Gun. Now that Loggins has discovered the video, he has announced that he is not a fan of it.

“This is an unauthorized use of my Danger Zone performance.” “No one asked me for my permission, which I would have refused, and I request that my recording of this video be removed immediately,” the singer told NPR.

Loggins continued, “I can’t imagine why anyone would want to use their music or associate it with something that was created for the sole purpose of dividing us. So 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 patriots. There’s no ‘us and them’ — that’s not who we are, nor is that what we’re meant to be. It’s all of us. We’re in this together, and I hope we can embrace it.” “Music as a way to celebrate and unite all of us.”

The video in question was shared as millions of Americans took to the streets to peacefully protest Trump’s policies.

What is Trump throwing at the protesters in the video he shared? NPR referred to it as a “brown sludge substance.” The Guardian also called it “sludge.” 404 Media chose to call a spade a spade and declared: “It’s excrement, okay? It’s filth. It’s diarrhea, and replaying it, it’s clear to me that Trump fantasizes about doing a carpet bomb on the people he laid his hand on a Bible and swore to serve nine months ago.” Politico was also more direct, referring to it as a “bombing” video. Whatever it is, it sure is gross, and the legendary “Danger Zone” singer wants no part of it.

This is just the latest example of the Trump administration’s use of media sourced from artists and celebrities, only for those artists and celebrities to complain and ask to be excluded (just last month, comedian Theo Vaughn asked the Department of Homeland Security to take a clip from a pro-deportation video it posted online), and Loggins is the latest in a long line of musicians who have asked Trump to stop using their music (this list reportedly includes ABBA, The Rolling Stones, The Village People, and many others).

Mr. Loggins did not immediately respond to our request for comment.

However, the White House did respond to our request for comment. Her response was a screenshot of Top Gun With meme text superimposed over it that says “I feel the need for speed”, a paraphrase of a famous quote from the film.