Jason Isbell Spills On Awkward Near Encounter With Ivanka Trump At A Music Festival
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Jason Isbell wasn’t feeling an impromptu meet and greet with Ivanka Trump after he spotted the former president’s daughter at a music festival last year.
The Grammy-winning, politicallyoutspoken singer-songwriter wrote on social media that his near encounter with Ivanka Trump arrived in “the week her dad’s house got raided by the FBI” ― seemingly referring to the FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate and the artist’s Wildlands Festival set in August 2022.
“Goofy cowgirl clothes. Thank God a storm came up and she left before we went on,” Isbell wrote on X, formerly Twitter, about Ivanka Trump. “She walked toward me backstage- I turned and walked away. Some artists were VERY friendly with her though. We saw that.”
Isbell and The 400 Unit’s performance occurred just days after the FBI executed a search warrant at the former president’s estate, which led to the recovery of over 300 classified documents. Donald Trump would later be indicted on 37 felony federal charges tied to his handling of classified documents before pleading not guilty on all counts.
Ran into her at a music fest the week her dad’s house got raided by the FBI. Goofy cowgirl clothes. Thank God a storm came up and she left before we went on. She walked toward me backstage- I turned and walked away. Some artists were VERY friendly with her though. We saw that. https://t.co/6wH3QwzWIf
— Jason IsbOO (@JasonIsbell) October 25, 2023
Isbell’s post was a reply to The New York Times’ Annie Karni, who shared her story on Ivanka Trump attending Kim Kardashian’s birthday party over the weekend.
Kardashian, in an Instagram carousel post, wrote that she was “blessed to have hit the jackpot of friends” and tagged Ivanka Trump in one image.
The Grammy winner has been notably critical of the former president, telling Rolling Stone magazine in 2017 that the Trump presidency convinced him “that we are living in a post-Christian America.”
Days after the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, Isbell also shared that he’s “grateful for a whole lot of things, but my mom and dad still being alive and not being Trumpers is high on that damn list.”
