Donald Trump plays 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' after RNC speech
Donald Trump closed the longest GOP presidential acceptance speech in recent times with the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want."
Trump has featured the track during his campaign, even drawing the ire of the Rolling Stones earlier this year. "The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs and have requested that they cease all use immediately," a spokesperson for the band said in a statement.
Those words, nor the irony of playing "You Can't Always Get What You Want" during a Republican National Convention that was often quite divided -- on Wednesday, for example, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) refused to endorse Trump from the stage and was summarily booed -- was not lost on viewers. Social media exploded after Trump's speech as the song played, with many mocking the Republican presidential nominee for the song choice.
Closing anthem for candidate w whom 38% of Republicans are satisfied? The Stones' "You can't always get what you want"
— David Frum (@davidfrum) July 22, 2016
Hilarious this whole convention ends with "You Can't Always Get What You Want" blasting.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) July 22, 2016
You Can't Always Get What You Want is an odd musical choice to end a divided convention
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) July 22, 2016
No one thought this was a bad idea?
The very first song after Trump accepts nomination is "You can't always get what you want."
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) July 22, 2016
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" is an odd song to play after your presidential nominee gives his acceptance speech. #RNCinCLE
— Dalton Ross (@DaltonRoss) July 22, 2016
THEY ARE PLAYING "YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT." AT A POLITICAL GATHERING. #rncincle
— Alonso Duralde (@ADuralde) July 22, 2016
OH MY GOD. They're actually playing "You Can't Always Get What You Want." Infinite points for irony. #RNCinCLE
— Christopher Orr (@OrrChris) July 22, 2016
And now it's "You Can't Always Get What You Want?" Are the music people just trolling Republicans?
— Rachel Sklar (@rachelsklar) July 22, 2016
They are playing "you can't always get what you want" in the arena. I couldn't agree more.
— Liz Meriwether (@lizmeriwether) July 22, 2016
Somewhere whoever picked the closing music is laughing their ass off
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) July 22, 2016
"You can't always get what you want" comes on. Delegate on the floor: "This is not the right song." #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/2ULokW0U40
— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) July 22, 2016
The Trump family stood on stage to "You Can't Always Get What You Want." Troll so hard. #RNCinCLE
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) July 22, 2016
In the wake of the song choice, Google noted there was a 550 percent spike in searches for "You Can't Always Get What You Want."
Trump's speech was also criticized by members of the Hollywood community for its content, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Rashida Jones, and more speaking out.
Is this speech going to end soon? I've had it. "Tremendous problem" #RNCinCLE
— Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@OfficialJLD) July 22, 2016
First Republican ever to use the word "peace" in any speech. So I guess that means, war.
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) July 22, 2016
Republicans now applauding for LGBTQ community, whose rights they have sworn to overturn.
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) July 22, 2016
So @realDonaldTrump who's gonna protect the LGBT citizens from the hatred of DOMESTIC violence????
— Clay Aiken (@clayaiken) July 22, 2016
You're right. Trump promotes love. And the ventilation of refugees. https://t.co/blQDMsiwE0
— Rashida Jones (@iamrashidajones) July 22, 2016
See video of "You Can't Always Get What You Want" below.
#RNCinCLE, you can’t always get what you want. pic.twitter.com/rqf5fmhPpU
— Mic (@mic) July 22, 2016
