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\n\tLeonard Cohen<\/a>\u2018s\u00a0estate made it clear that it has not authorized President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s plan to use Cohen\u2019s famed song \u201cHallelujah\u201d at his Freedom 250 rally on Wednesday night. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe Leonard Cohen Estate has learned that the song \u2018Hallelujah\u2019 is to be performed at a Donald Trump rally on June 24,\u201d read a statement<\/a> posted on the late singer\u2019s social media. \u201cThis use is not authorized, and the Estate does not support or approve of this or any similar usage.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe estate ended its message with a jab at Trump\u2019s Truth Social catchphrase: \u201cThank you for your attention to this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tCohen\u2019s estate has criticized Trump\u2019s use of the oft-covered classic before.<\/a> When Trump\u2019s campaign used a cover of Cohen\u2019s song at the Republican National Convention in 2020, the estate said it was \u201cdismayed that the RNC would proceed knowing that the Cohen Estate had specifically declined the RNC\u2019s use request, and their rather brazen attempt to politicize and exploit in such an egregious manner \u2018Hallelujah.’\u201d Instead, the estate suggested Trump\u2019s campaign request Cohen\u2019s \u201cYou Want it Darker.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tLast month, a slew of artists \u2014\u00a0including Bret Michaels, Martina McBride, Young MC, The Commodores, and Morris Day \u2014 dropped out of the\u00a0Freedom 250 concert<\/a>\u00a0series upon learning about organizers\u2019 ties to Trump. Following the event\u2019s public implosion, Trump\u00a0announced<\/a> the rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, would instead feature Eighties country singer\u00a0Lee Greenwood and opera singer Christopher Macchio, who would perform a number of song including \u201cNessun Dorma\u201d and \u201cHallelujah.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tTrump also recently declared that this year\u2019s July Fourth celebrations \u2014 marking the 250th anniversary of the nation\u2019s founding \u2014 would be headlined by yet another Trump rally<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n