Recently, Donald Trump uploaded a Frank Sinatra video to Truth Social with no context and presumably no regard for the opinions of the Sinatra family. After the internet couldn’t handle the post, his daughter, Nancy Sinatra, shared what she thinks.
The nearly four-minute video shows the late Frank Sinatra singing his hit song “My Way,” which starts off with the line “and now, the end is near.” On Saturday night, Trump dropped it on the internet and said nothing at all.
In retaliation Nancy, 85, wrote on her X account, “This is a sacrilege.”
However, when a fan asked if there was anything she could do legally to have the video deleted, Nancy replied: “Unfortunately, no. The only people who can do something are the publishers.” She was also in favor those who said that Frank would not have wanted to be part of Trump’s politics. She has always objected whenever someone tried to use the Sinatra name for Trump’s brand.
Still, the internet started playing detective right away after Trump’s unexpected and public post on this song. Some users thought that it might be related to the ongoing debate on the president’s health. Others guessed he just likes the song.
“My Way” is a song about a man looking back on his life, insisting he did things on his own terms. Therefore, it is either intentional or insensitive to use it in a time of severe political tension without any context.
On the other hand, Frank’s legacy, according to Nancy, should not be used by the sitting president.
While the Sinatra controversy was growing online, Trump declared that a U.S. delegation would visit Islamabad for a second round of negotiations with Iran to try to end the conflict of the U.S-Israel war in Iran. Vice President JD Vance had led the first round, which wrapped last Saturday, without a consensus.
Al Jazeera reports that Trump has threatened to demolish all Iranian bridges and power plants if Tehran rejects the proposed conditions. In response, Iran vowed that it would not be sending any personnel to Pakistan at all, arguing that Washington’s demands were unreasonable and blaming a U.S. naval blockade of its ports as a violation of the ceasefire.
Less than a day after it was reopened, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard thus blocked the Strait of Hormuz once more.