Neil Young is "reconsidering" suing Trump for playing his songs at rallies

Young's new letter on his Neil Young Archives site comes just weeks after Young shared an open letter directed at Trump over his use of Young's music at political rallies.

The legendary musician wrote, "Because you are in charge of the COVID-19 response here in the USA, I will not sue (as certainly is my right) potentially distracting from your important work at hand protecting and saving American lives."

Today (27 July), Young has uploaded a new letter about Trump's unauthorised use of Young's music at events. He writes, "I am changing my mind about suing President Trump. Reconsidering. I'm looking at it again. There is a long history to consider and I originally considered it, deciding not to pursue. But then President Trump ordered thugs in uniform onto our streets. His idea. He ordered this himself. This is all DJT. He told them to wear camouflage, use unmarked vehicles to take people away, innocent people peacefully protesting - their constitutional right as US citizens."

Young continues, "Trump has no respect for our military. They are not to be used on the streets of America against law abiding citizens for a Political charade orchestrated by a challenged President. It’s a complete disgrace, the way he plays citizens against one another for his own political gain, saying that only cities run by democrats are in trouble and need help. Those elected leaders asked him not to intervene. The elected representatives in all these cities and states are against Trump’s military thugs shooting people on the streets. Our military is against it. That is not their sacred mission."

The musician also mentions Trump's reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, "When the states asked for help with COVID-19, the president did not give it. He said he’s not responsible. When they said don’t bring military to our streets - we don’t need that, he did it anyway for his own political reasons - not for America. This rogue president is creating a much worse problem with his street thug army of uniformed hatred."

He signs off his letter by writing, "So I am reconsidering. Imagine what it feels like to hear "Rockin’ in the Free World" after this President speaks, like it is his theme song. I did not write it for that."