Kenny Loggins Slams Unauthorized Use of ‘Danger Zone’ in AI Video of Donald Trump Dumping Feces on Protesters

President Donald Trump took his predominant usage of AI videos to a caller utmost recently, sharing a ocular rendering of himself flying a level and dumping feces connected protesters acceptable to “Danger Zone” — and Kenny Loggins is not happy.

In a connection posted to his Instagram account connected Monday (Oct. 20), the singer-songwriter said that the POTUS’ usage of his opus successful the clip shared Oct. 18 was wholly “unauthorized” and that “nobody asked maine for my permission, which I would person denied.”

“I petition that my signaling connected this video is removed immediately,” helium continued. “I can’t ideate wherefore anybody would privation their euphony utilized oregon associated with thing created with the sole intent of dividing us. Too galore radical are trying to teardrop america apart, and we request to find caller ways to travel together.”

“We’re each Americans, and we’re each patriotic,” Loggins added. “There is nary ‘us and them’ — that’s not who we are, nor is it what we should be. It’s each of us. We’re successful this together, and it is my anticipation that we tin clasp euphony arsenic a mode of celebrating and uniting each and each 1 of us.”

Billboard has reached retired to the White House for comment.

Trump’s video with “Danger Zone” — which was famously utilized successful the 1986 Top Gun movie — comes amid nationwide “No Kings” gatherings protesting the twice-impeached politician’s policies. The video appeared to beryllium Trump’s effect to the protests, arsenic it depicts him wearing a crown portion flying the level that unleashes piles of feces onto the heads of AI-generated protestors holding up signs connected the streets below.

Such AI videos person go a staple of Trump’s societal media enactment this past year, but his inclination of irritating musicians by utilizing their euphony without support has been a accordant portion of his governmental career. Just a mates of weeks anterior to Loggins’ response, the members of Blue Öyster Cult distanced themselves from the president aft “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” was utilized successful an AI clip that mocked Democrats.

And since his archetypal White House word successful 2016, Trump has been called out by musicians from Beyoncé to the the Foo Fighters, Adele, Celine Dion and Jack White for allegedly utilizing their euphony successful run materials without authorization.