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The White House\u00a0is hitting back after John Mellencamp took direct shots at President Donald Trump\u2019s Gulf of America.<\/p>\n

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Mellencamp paused his Saturday night show Holmdel, N.J. to mock Trump\u2019s executive order to rename the \u201cGulf of Mexico\u201d to \u201cGulf of America.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Monday, Davis Ingle, WH Spokesman, shared a statement with Fox News Digital. \u201cNobody in their right mind cares what out-of-touch, woke Hollywood celebrities have to say,\u201d Ingle said.<\/p>\n

As part of his \u201cDancing Words\u201d Tour, Mellencamp was singing the first few verses of his hit \u201cPink Houses,\u201d before he addressed the crowd directly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, 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,\u201d the rock icon sang before adding, \u201cWait a minute,\u201d according to\u00a0USA Today.<\/p>\n

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While Mellencamp\u2019s band kept playing, the musician said sarcastically, \u201cThe Gulf of Mexico? Is that right? It\u2019s not the Gulf of America? What a stupid f\u2013\u2014-g idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mellencamp then picked right back up and finished performing \u201cPink Houses.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Released in 1983, Mellencamp\u2019s \u201cPink Houses\u201d became one of his signature hits, reaching No. 8 on the\u00a0Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n

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, \u201cAin\u2019t that America.\u201d<\/p>\n

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