Donald Trump is being lampooned for the “ironic” use of Celine Dion ’s Oscar-winning song from Titanic at his latest rally. Shortly before the presidential candidate appeared on stage in Bozeman, Montana on Friday (9 August), his supporters watched as a clip of Dion singing her 1997 track “My Heart Will Go On” was played on a large screen. It’s unknown whether Trump requested rights from Dion, who recently performed at the Olympics opening ceremony that Trump went on to criticise .
The Independent has contacted representatives of Dion and Disney, who now owns 20th Century Fox, the studio that distributed Titanic , for comment. Dion previously refused to perform at Trump’s inauguration when he was elected president in 2016. The decision to use the songhas been widely lampooned on social media.
Many are highlighting the irony that the song is from a film about a sinking ship, and was used days after Kamala Harris appeared to be pulling ahead of Trump in presidential election polling for the first time. In a new survey, the Democrat took a three-point lead over Trump in a new survey. The song’s usage arrived one day after the former president held a widely condemned press conference filled with false claims .
“Wait, did Celine Dion give Trump permission to use her Titanic song? It is rather fitting since his campaign is sinking,” one person wrote on X/Twitter, with another stating: “This is so on the nose to what’s happening with his campaign, the cogniti.