Now, I don't think artists can convince somebody who likes Donald Trump not to like him or vice versa. So I felt that I wanted to describe the election through the prism of artists. And there was a determination that people came to, to beat him. television and reality.Īnd there was this spontaneous feeling after he took office amongst comedians, singers, screenwriters, directors - from Cardi B to Steven Spielberg, from Taylor Swift to Robert De Niro, John Legend, Bruce Springsteen, every late-night comedian - that there was something morally wrong about him representing America. He had been on the so-called reality TV show The Apprentice for 14 years, and people in Hollywood and entertainment and the arts know that there's very little relationship between. And Trump was elected in part in 2016 because he was a TV star. What Norman Mailer said before John Kennedy was elected, he called it the 'subterranean river' that represents the dream life of the nation. election through the lens of artists and entertainers.

His latest is Bloody Crossroads 2020, which tells the story of the 2020 U.S. But there's another conversation going on in the country.ĭanny Goldberg, the former manager for Nirvana, is the author of several books. There were a lot of different things going on in the country at the same time, and elections are usually written about and described by political journalists who look at the nominating conventions, the campaign ads, some of the speeches, the rallies. You said you wanted to write an alternate history of the 2020 election. Goldberg, author of Bloody Crossroads 2020, spoke with Day 6 host Peter Armstrong about the role they played in the 2020 election. Capitol on Jan 6., or the Trump press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping, have been well documented, former Nirvana band manager Danny Goldberg says there's an untold story: one that focuses on musicians, actors and artists. It's been a year since Joe Biden was declared president of the United States, defeating Donald Trump.īiden's win followed a divisive campaign, and a dramatic road from Election Day to inauguration.Īnd while events such as the storming of the U.S.

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