Trump Brags About How Much Dolly Parton Liked Him
Here Are the Facts Trump is claiming Dolly Parton was a secret fan of his. Nothing she said or advocated for gives that indication.
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Dolly Parton Dies at 80. Here Are 9 Ways She Changed America and the World for the Better. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/ ... [image or embed] -- Zeteo (@zeteo.com) 9:39 AM · Aug 26, 2026
Dolly Parton Dies at 80. Here Are 9 Ways She Changed America and the World for the Better. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/ ... [image or embed]
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"President Donald Trump is claiming that the recently deceased country music legend Dolly Parton was a big fan of his, even though she made a point to support the LGBTQ community, proclaimed that Black lives mattered, and remained politically neutral throughout her life"never endorsing Trump.
"We all knew her so well. I knew her a little bit.... She really liked me," Trump said on The Glenn Beck Program Wednesday morning, suggesting that Parton never came out publicly in support of him because she would lose "20 percent of the fans."
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"Trump is using the death of a universally beloved artist as an opportunity to talk about himself. It's much easier to make claims about how someone felt or didn't feel once they're no longer here to make it known themselves.
And for what it's worth, nothing about Parton suggested some secret support for Trump. She was an outspoken advocate for the queer community and spoke out against a transgender ban in Tennessee in 2023, saying she just wanted everyone "to be treated good."
In 2020, she stated that "of course Black lives matter. Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter?" She was also vaccinated against Covid-19 and donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University, which helped fund the Moderna vaccine."
#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-26 04:30 PM | Reply
After my death, Trump will claim that I was a secret fan of his.
When Obama dies, Trump will reveal that he was also a secret fan.
The man is crazy. Pathetic and crazy.
#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-08-26 05:08 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
Trump has come to realize that only dead people won't contradict him.
It's his safe space.
#3 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-08-26 05:09 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4
Trump is a ----------- ------.
#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-08-26 05:22 PM | Reply
Dolly Parton twice refused Trump's attempts to psychologically rape her and win her endorsement by standing close behind her and put a Presidential Medal of Whatever around her neck.
It was a proud moment for all Americans.
#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-26 06:16 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4
She was also married to the same guy for a million years, and her husband, a businessman, stayed the hell out of the spotlight.
#6 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-08-26 07:23 PM | Reply
"Parton never came out publicly ... because she would lose '20 percent of the fans.'"
What's that about projection again?
#7 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-08-26 07:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Trump makes everything about himself, like the narcissist he is. The sun revolves around Trump.
#8 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-08-26 07:32 PM | Reply
Trump has come to realize that only dead people won't contradict him. It's his safe space.
#3 | Posted by Danforth
May he live long enough to see some posthumous memoirs. I hope they start next week.
#9 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-08-26 07:43 PM | Reply
When Obama dies, Trump will reveal that he was also a secret fan. The man is crazy. Pathetic and crazy.
Posted by Zed at 2026-08-26 05:08 PM
There is no way that orange sack of dementia is outliving Barrack unless of course if Obama were to get the Ivana treatment.
#10 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-08-27 11:00 AM | Reply
Donnie Dotard always makes whatever it is all about him.
#11 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-08-29 12:29 AM | Reply
#8
He will not be attending the 9/11 ceremony in NYC because he wouldn't be allowed to speak.
#12 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-08-29 03:46 AM | Reply
Knowing Dolly's spirit of inclusion and love towards all, I can totally see how she would pray for Trump to wake up and stop harming people, But like him? I can't fathom that, Dolly stood for most things he stands against
#13 | Posted by gypsydiane8177 at 2026-08-29 07:45 AM | Reply
The outpouring of respect and admiration for Dolly continues around the world.
It was reported here in Nashville that our international airport is going to be renamed for her.
It would be great if they changed the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) airport code to KIND because that was her throughout her life with her living example of being kind to each other despite differences.
#14 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-08-29 11:27 AM | Reply
Obligatory
bsky.app
#15 | Posted by Reinheitsgebot at 2026-08-29 11:31 AM | Reply
Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social SUPER DUPER MEGA FUN FACT: When you're a president Dolly actually liked you don't have to make fake photos.
#16 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-08-29 01:18 PM | Reply
Trump can't even take a no from a dead woman. Creep.
#17 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-08-29 01:42 PM | Reply
He will not be attending the 9/11 ceremony in NYC because he would be booed into Canada.
#12 | Posted by madbomber
#18 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-08-29 07:34 PM | Reply
New York City Events Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 https://www.nyctourism.com/articles/new-york-city-events-commemorating-the-25th-anniversary-of-9-11/
... Each year in early September, tributes and remembrances take place to honor the lives of those lost in the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Such events have special resonance in New York City, where the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center came down, thousands of lives were taken, and many more were affected"and remain so. The list below includes commemorations happening before, during and after the 25th anniversary of that day; in addition, spots such as the 9/11 Memorial (closed for visitation except for families of victims for much of the day), Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance, Staten Island September 11 Memorial and Tribute Park in the Rockaways will serve as locations for more personal tributes. ...
Such events have special resonance in New York City, where the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center came down, thousands of lives were taken, and many more were affected"and remain so.
The list below includes commemorations happening before, during and after the 25th anniversary of that day; in addition, spots such as the 9/11 Memorial (closed for visitation except for families of victims for much of the day), Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance, Staten Island September 11 Memorial and Tribute Park in the Rockaways will serve as locations for more personal tributes. ...
#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-29 07:46 PM | Reply
From terrorist act, to tourist event.
Our response to 9/11 is mid.
#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-29 08:30 PM | Reply
@#20 ... From terrorist act, to tourist event. ...
I'm not yet convinced that I would characterize the commemorative events in NYC as "tourist events."
343 NYC firemen died running into the collapsing buildings trying to help/save people in those buildings.
But gravity won out and thousands died.
So, events to show respect for those brave NYFD firemen and those who died are not "tourist events" in my view, but a commemoration of those who died during that attack upon our Country. (which, btw, also represented the first and only invocation of NATO's Article 5).
#21 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-29 09:00 PM | Reply
Yeah, my guess of Ms Parton's opinion of Pres Trump may be more along the lines of ...
Soup Dragons - Divine Thing (1992) www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
genius.com
... [Verse 1] You are the one supreme being Just dressed to kill and fulfill just any dream And you are the one heart's desire All hips and lips made to trick just any fool [Chorus] I could have sworn that you were an angel 'cause you're a sweet, sweet, sweet, divine thing But I should have known that you were the devil Dressed like a sweet, sweet, sweet, divine thing [Verse 2] And you lack the one thing that is devotion Not always there, in your hair in a daze Just too mixed up in your own emotions Your vanity will always be your greatest thing ...
[Chorus] I could have sworn that you were an angel 'cause you're a sweet, sweet, sweet, divine thing But I should have known that you were the devil Dressed like a sweet, sweet, sweet, divine thing
[Verse 2] And you lack the one thing that is devotion Not always there, in your hair in a daze Just too mixed up in your own emotions Your vanity will always be your greatest thing
...
Wow, written in 1992 ...
#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-30 01:20 AM | Reply
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