‘Huey Lewis & the News’ early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in ’83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically.’ — President Donald Trump, karaoke enthusiast.
Following a long weekend of golf and golf-related activities President Donald J. Trump decided to blow off a little steam at the Jersey City Karaoke Club where he made a somber dedication. “What is happening is horrible,” he said, holding one index finger aloft as if to indicate this is where his story begins, not where it ends. “But, in spite of all the things you may have heard, we’ve got this disaster thing under really great control and all the people who have really suffered over this last short period of time with the hurricanes, I want to just remember them.
“This one’s for you Puerto Rico,” President Trump said as the familiar opening to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin'” started to play.
President Dedicates Karaoke Performance to Puerto Rico
“This is from the band’s huge, chart-topping 1981 album, Escape,” the President said over the piano intro. “And I think we all know what it’s like wanting to escape sometimes, don’t we? Am I right?”
Watching Trump from the audience Doreen Rustbelt swooned. “He’s got such a wonderful voice,” she said, legs turning to jello. As the junior-vice-president of the Make America Great Again Fan Club, Rustbelt had been invited to to join Trump in singing the classic Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes duet “(Love Lift Us) Up Where We Belong,” from the tremendous 1982 hit film An Officer and a Gentleman.
“He’s almost as good as the real Steve Perry and way better than that Filipino wannabe,” Rustbelt said before joining Trump onstage for the big finale. “When he sings about South Detroit and living in a lonely world, you can tell he really understands people. I’m just so happy to have shared this special moment with our President and the ungrateful disaster queens of Puerto Rico.”
By all accounts Rustbelt’s duet with Trump was his best performance since teaming with his 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton for a cover of, “I Had the Time of My Life,” from the 1987 box-office-smash, Dirty Dancing.
