A recent photograph that circulated on Monday captured Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong clutching a plastic mask resembling the head of President Donald Trump during the band’s performance at Nationals Park in Washington D.C.
🔥🚨BREAKING: Billy Joe Armstrong, lead singer for Green Day, protested in a disgusting way by holding a Donald Trump mask which to many viewers claim represents a dead or defeated Trump while performing in DC barely 2 weeks after his Donald Trump was nearly assassinated.… pic.twitter.com/K0HMM8r3mC [1]
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) July 30, 2024 [2]
The mask, inscribed with the word “idiot” across the forehead, stirred controversy as it resurfaced images from the show shared online.
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— Green Day Inc. (@GreenDayInc) July 30, 2024 [4]
This stunt came shortly after the failed assassination attempt on Trump’s life on July 13, drawing sharp criticism for its distasteful nature.
Time to Boycott Green Day
Utter trash https://t.co/okalOBSAz9 [5]
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) July 30, 2024 [6]
Republican Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee described Green Day’s trajectory from anti-establishment advocates to apparent establishment collaborators, emphasizing their detachment from their former rebellious image.
Green Day used to be anti-establishment now they are the establishment. https://t.co/smBjkaNyXW [7]
— Tim Burchett (@timburchett) July 30, 2024 [8]
Burchett criticized the band for their obliviousness to the struggles faced by their fans today, asserting that their privilege has clouded their judgment and distanced them from the realities of ordinary Americans.
Green Day had a concert here in DC last night.
They decided it’d be a good idea to hold up a severed Trump head.
Just TWO WEEKS after he was sh*t in the head.
These people are SICK. pic.twitter.com/Fn7eP4RTFQ [9]
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 30, 2024 [10]