An upcoming celebration of America's 250th anniversary, ‘The Great American State Fair’,  recently had several musical guests back out partly over the event's ties to President Donald Trump. Now, Trump himself is slated to headline the festivities, the organisers said Saturday.

“I understand artistes are getting ‘the yips’ having to do with their performance,” Trump posted to his social media platform Truth Social Saturday, adding that he was thinking of bringing “the man who some say is the greatest president in history (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third-Rate 'Artistes’ ”.

The group organising the June fair on Washington's National Mall, Freedom 250, confirmed the billing in a statement, writing, “we are excited to announce that President Trump will personally kick off this historic celebration on Wednesday, June 24.”