President Donald Trump wants flags flown at half-staff for the next week to honor “one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER,” Dolly Parton, who died Tuesday. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump called Parton’s death “a true loss” for millions. The World loves you.” Throughout her life, Parton declined opportunities to criticize the president.
In a 2018 Nightline interview, the singer dodged David Wright’s questions about Trump. She told Wright, “I’m not in politics; I’m an entertainer.” In 2016, she took a similarly down-the-middle approach to politics. I think Hillary’s very qualified.
So if she gets it, I’ll certainly be behind her.” She also told CNN she thought Trump and Clinton were “both nuts” and called the debates “the greatest show on television.” In 2021, she told Today that she twice turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor to recognize her philanthropic endeavors like the Imagination Library, her Dollywood Foundation, and a donation to Covid research, when the Trump administration offered it to her for non-political reasons. When the Biden administration offered it to her, she said she was worried how it would be perceived. Trending Stories Dolly Parton, Hardscrabble Storyteller Turned Global Entertainer, Dead at 80 White House Crops Natalie Harp Out of Grand Prix Content Photographer Linda McCartney to Be Honored With USPS Stamp Collection Reggie Watts Is a Prominent Ketamine Advocate.
Was It His Ex’s ‘Undoing’? When former President Obama learned that Parton had not yet received the Medal of Freedom, in an interview with Stephen Colbert, he said he couldn’t believe it. Actually, that was a screwup, I’m surprised.
I think I assumed that she’d already got one and that was incorrect. I’m surprised, she deserves one.” Parton summed up her stance on politics in a 2019 episode of Dolly Parton’s America Podcast: “I don’t do politics,” she said, according to Newsweek. Of course, I have my opinion, but I learned years ago to keep my mouth shut about things.”
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