{"id":167249,"date":"2025-06-16T09:10:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/06\/16\/green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-warns-about-u-s-slipping-into-fascism-during-download-festival-set-its-up-to-us-to-fight-back\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T09:10:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:10:44","slug":"green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-warns-about-u-s-slipping-into-fascism-during-download-festival-set-its-up-to-us-to-fight-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/06\/16\/green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-warns-about-u-s-slipping-into-fascism-during-download-festival-set-its-up-to-us-to-fight-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Day\u2019s Billie Joe Armstrong Warns About U.S. \u2018Slipping Into Fascism\u2019 During Download Festival Set: \u2018It\u2019s Up to Us to Fight\u00a0Back!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tBillie Joe Armstrong<\/a> has never held back on his contempt for Donald Trump. The Green Day<\/a> singer has been raging against the policies of the 45th and now 47th president for years, and during the band\u2019s first-ever set at the Download Festival in Donington Park in the U.K. on Friday (June 13), the singer lashed out at the U.S. president in unequivocal terms.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cDonald Trump in his administration is a fascist government<\/a>,\u201d Armstrong told the crowd. \u201cAnd it\u2019s up to us to fight back.\u201d The comments came just a day before Trump presided over his long-awaited military parade in Washington, D.C. The rare display of military hardware and marching soldiers was meant to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, whilst also coinciding with Trump\u2019s 79th birthday.<\/p>\n

\n\tThough the D.C. event did not appear to draw the massive crowds the administration had predicted, a record number of Americans did turn out in historic numbers to protest the Trump White House\u2019s agenda at more than 2,100 \u201cNo Kings\u201d rallies, which drew an estimated five million<\/a> attendees. The rallies featured a profusion of colorful, often profane signs lambasting Trump for what critics argued are imperial tactics to seize as many levers of government power as possible while attempting to drastically cut crucial social services, gutting environmental regulations and using the power of the White House to attack, and punish, perceived enemies. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition, Armstrong got the Download crowd to join him in calling Trump a \u201cfat bastard<\/a>,\u201d in the singer\u2019s latest broadside against the current administration. Back in March, less than 24 hours after Trump and Vice President JD Vance attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during an Oval Office meeting in which the veep accused the wartime leader of being insufficiently grateful for U.S. aid for its three-year battle against Russia. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAm I retarded or am I just JD Vance<\/a>,\u201d Armstrong sang in a lyrical tweak to the lyrics to \u201cJesus of Suburbia,\u201d amending the politically incorrect-on-purpose original, \u201cAm I retarded or am I just overjoyed?\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tLast weekend, Armstrong sent a message of solidarity to protesters in Los Angeles who took to the streets to rally against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in the city, as well as the president\u2019s decision to deploy the National Guard to L.A. over the mayor, and Gov. Gavin Newson\u2019s, objections.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn June 8, Armstrong posted a video<\/a> of protests from downtown L.A. on his Instagram Stories, captioned it with a middle-finger emoji and an ice cube, cued to a live version of \u201cF\u2014 Off,\u201d a song on the group\u2019s\u00a0Saviors (\u00c9dition de Luxe)<\/em>, the 2025 deluxe version of Green Day\u2019s 2024 album.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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