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The White House<\/a> is hitting back after John Mellencamp took direct shots at President Donald Trump’s Gulf of America.<\/p>\n

Mellencamp paused his Saturday night show Holmdel, N.J. to mock Trump’s executive order to rename the “Gulf of Mexico<\/a>” to “Gulf of America.”<\/p>\n

On Monday, Davis Ingle, WH Spokesman, shared a statement with Fox News Digital. “Nobody in their right mind cares what out-of-touch, woke Hollywood celebrities have to say,” Ingle said.<\/p>\n

As part of his “Dancing Words” Tour, Mellencamp was singing the first few verses of his hit “Pink Houses,” before he addressed the crowd directly.<\/p>\n

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“Well, there\u2019s people and more people\/ What do they know, know, know?\/ Go to work in some high rise\/ And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico,” the rock icon sang before adding, “Wait a minute,” according to USA Today.<\/a><\/p>\n

While Mellencamp’s band kept playing, the musician said sarcastically, “The Gulf of Mexico? Is that right? It\u2019s not the Gulf of America? What a stupid f\u2013—-g idea.”<\/p>\n

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Mellencamp then picked right back up and finished performing “Pink Houses.”<\/p>\n

Released in 1983, Mellencamp’s “Pink Houses” became one of his signature hits, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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While many listeners initially embraced it as a patriotic anthem, Mellencamp has said the song is actually a sharp commentary on the American dream, exploring themes of class, inequality and the gap between ideals and reality.<\/p>\n

The song was inspired by Mellencamp spotting a man sitting outside a small pink house along an Indiana highway, an image that sparked the iconic chorus, “Ain’t that America.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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