Donald Trump now thinks he’s Elvis. He’s delusional, of course.
A few weeks back, a song appeared on iTunes from Donald J. Trump and the J6 Prison Choir. It’s Trump reciting the Pledge of Allegiance together with a bunch of dudes in jail for their part in the January 6 insurrection singing “The Star Spangled Banner.” In case you missed it, here you go.
The song had a MAGA-powered bump on the iTunes singles chart (a dodgy and hard-to-gauge metric) which pushed it to number one. That has him crowing about being bigger than Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus.
Here’s the truth. “Justice for All” has sold a grand total of 48,945 copies. That includes being streamed 1.1 million times, which, based on music industry math, is equivalent to 10,000 in sales. A quick calculation reveals that the song may have earned US$4,400 from streaming.
For it to be considered a gold record, it would have to be streamed 75 million times. So, 74 million to go, then.
He’s not beating Taylor Swift or Miley Cyrus.
