Kenny Loggins Livid Trump Used His Song For AI Video Of Him Dumping Poop On Protesters
Kenny Loggins is slamming President Donald Trump for using his song “Danger Zone” to take aim at “No Kings” protesters in a bizarre AI video.
“This is an unauthorized use of my performance of ‘Danger Zone.’ Nobody asked me for my permission, which I would have denied, and I request that my recording on this video is removed immediately,” Loggins told Variety in a statement Monday.
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Noting that he “can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us,” Loggins continued, “Too many people are trying to tear us apart, and we need to find new ways to come together.”
Over the weekend, Trump posted an AI-generated video of himself dropping what appears to be poop onto protesters at “No Kings” rallies, which were held across the country on Saturday to protest the Trump administration.
In the artifical intelligence-generated clip, a crown-sporting Trump piloting a fighter jet labeled “King Trump” drops a brown substance on the crowd to the tune of Loggins’ song.
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“We’re all Americans, and we’re all patriotic,” Loggins continued in his statement. “There is no ‘us and them’ — that’s not who we are, nor is it what we should be. It’s all of us. We’re in this together, and it is my hope that we can embrace music as a way of celebrating and uniting each and every one of us.”

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Asked for a comment by Variety, a White House representative replied with a “Top Gun” meme that reads: “I feel the need for speed.” Loggins’ “Danger Zone” is widely known as the theme song for 1986’s “Top Gun,” starring Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer.
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The White House didn’t immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.
While Loggins criticized Trump for using his famous song to target at his opponents in the AI video, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) praised the president and claimed protesters were trying to “incite violence.”
“The president uses social media to make the point. You can argue he’s probably the most effective person who’s ever used social media for that,” Johnson said at a press conference Monday.
He added, “He is using satire to make a point. He is not calling for the murder of his political opponents, and that’s what these people are doing.”
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There were more than 2,700 pro-democracy No Kings rallies on Saturday.
The protests were sparked by ongoing frustrations over Trump’s policies, including perceived threats to democracy, the administration’s violent immigration raids and deployment of National Guard troops in Democratic cities, and cuts to health care access, among other concerns.
