Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt of Green Day.Photo:Daniel Boczarski/Getty for Harley-Davidson
Daniel Boczarski/Getty for Harley-Davidson
Green Dayis making a fashionable political statement for a good cause.
Trump, 77, became the first and now only sitting or former United States president to have his mug shot taken earlier this week. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office released his booking photo Thursday night afterTrump surrendered at the Atlanta jailto face charges stemming from his fourth indictment this year.
A Georgia grand jury indicted Trump — who is currently running for president and is the 2024 Republican frontrunner — and18 of his allieson Aug. 14 on charges related to their alleged efforts to overturn the U.S. presidential election in 2020, which PresidentJoe Bidenwon.
Aside from Trump and Giulliani, the defendants named in the indictment out of Fulton County whohave also turned themselves ininclude former White House chief of staffMark Meadows, former and current Republican officials and several attorneys.
Donald Trump Mug Shot.Fulton County Sheriff’s Office
Fulton County Sheriff’s Office
The band has been vocal in their dislike of Trump before, even changing the lyrics to “American Idiot” to knock his “MAGA agenda.” FrontmanBillie Joe Armstrongspoke out about Trump’s politics a few months after his inauguration in 2017.
“I feel like the government is trying to create a culture war between us in a lot of ways," he toldRolling Stoneat the time. “They’re trying to get between your average citizens based on red and blue. I think we’re in a crisis mode right now.
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“For me, it’s important to get back to fundamentally what it feels like to be an American,” he continued. “We all come from different backgrounds, but we come together and create this world. It’s like a microcosm for the rest of the world.”
Added Armstrong, now 51, “I want people to feel unity when they come to a show. At the same time, I’m not going to p*** out on saying what I feel about [Trump] and his administration.”
source: people.com
