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The frontman of rock band Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, is in hot water after holding up a Donald Trump mask at his Washington DC concert just weeks after the former president nearly died from an assassination attempt.
The 52-year-old rock star was performing at Nationals Park in the nation's capital on Monday when Armstrong pulled out a Trump mask with the word 'idiot' written in black across the forehead, photos circulating social media show.
He angrily clutched the mask above his head - reminiscent of the time Kathy Lee Griffin posted a video of herself holding a 'severed head' of Trump that was covered in blood in 2017.
The singer also allegedly changed the lyrics in American Idiot to: 'I'm not a part of a MAGA agenda' - a move he also did during ABC's New Year's Rockin' Eve - moments before pulling out the mask.
Unlike Griffin, who apologized for the poor joke, Armstrong has not made a public statement about his brazen act at his concert.
Billie Joe Armstrong was performing at Nationals Park in the nation's capital on Monday when Armstrong pulled out a Trump mask with the word 'idiot' written in black across the forehead. Armstrong has not made a public statement about his brazen act at his concert
Many have slammed the performer for holding a fake Trump head just weeks after the 45th president was nearly assassinated in Butler, Pennsylvania
He has publicly shown his disdain for the former president in the past, including when he claimed he was going to renounce his citizenship after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Many have slammed the performer for holding a fake Trump head just weeks after the 45th president was nearly assassinated in Butler, Pennsylvania, by Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20.
'You've disgraced yourself and lost a fan,' X user David Kaiser wrote.
'The concert was held in DC. This comes just 2 weeks after Trump was shot in the ear at a rally,' Mario Nawfal pointed out.
'PATHETIC,' Brandon Tatum wrote on the platform. 'Just 17 days after Trump was shot.'
Trump (pictured with JD Vance) was nearly shot in the head on July 14 while giving a speech in Butler
'Screw you,' another wrote.
'Quite the pile of crap,' one wrote.
Republican Tennessee Representative, Tim Burchett - who has recently come under fire for calling Kamala Harris a 'DEI hire' - responded to the incident on X, writing: 'Green Day used to be anti-establishment now they are the establishment.'
Independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema, who was reportedly at the concert last night, has not commented on the incident.
Trump was nearly shot in the head on July 14 while giving a speech in Butler.
'I rarely look away from the crowd. Had I not done that in that moment, well, we would not be talking today, would we?' Trump said after the event.
Trump's former physician, Ronny L Jackson, 57, said it was an 'absolute miracle he wasn't killed' by Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20 (pictured)
Trump noted that he had turned slightly to the right so that he could read a chart on illegal immigrants - a move that ultimately saved his life.
'The most incredible thing was that I happened to not only turn, but to turn at the exact right time and in just the right amount,' he added, saying he survived 'by luck or by God.'
His former physician, Ronny L Jackson, 57, said it was an 'absolute miracle he wasn't killed.'
'I am extremely thankful his life was spared,' Jackson wrote in a letter earlier this month.
The doctor said Trump sustained a two-centimeter - roughly one-inch - gunshot wound during the attempted assassination.
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