America's 250th birthday: From Vanilla Ice to a UFC White House fight
6/3/202628 min
It’s the 250th anniversary of America’s independence, and so far planned celebrations range from a UFC fight at the White House to a concert series featuring 90s rapper Vanilla Ice. But with musical acts dropping out citing polarization, tension over the ongoing Iran war and sky-high gas prices, Washington correspondents Katie Simpson, Paul Hunter and Willy Lowry ask: How do you have a birthday party if no one’s in the mood to celebrate?
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First 90 secondsPaul Hunter· Host0:00
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Katie Simpson· Host0:33
Paul, Willie, if you were to take a guess, what would you say or who would you say is the number one attraction anywhere in the world? Paul, you go first.
Paul Hunter· Host0:43
In the world? Well, uh, Canadian obviously, so, uh, I would say either Drake, The Weeknd, or Willie Lowry.
Katie Simpson· Host0:50
[laughs] Willie?
Willy Lowry· Host0:51
Ooh, I... Paul, I was, I was gonna say you or Katie. [laughs] But if we're talking about attraction, I was gonna maybe say, I don't know, the Pyramids of Giza, but that just might be, uh, you know, because of my current location in Jerusalem and my, you know, interest in the Middle East, so I might be a little biased on that one.
Katie Simpson· Host1:10
Okay. So over the weekend, Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that he is, quote, "The number one attraction anywhere in the world, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar."
Paul Hunter· Host1:26
Without a guitar. Yeah, it looks like, uh, Trump may now be headlining the Freedom