New Delhi: President Donald Trump said that he “likes good music” and recently gave reporters aboard Air Force One a glimpse into his personal music playlist, saying he wanted to “make them happy.”
While returning to the United States from Ireland on Sunday, after attending the Irish Open golf tournament at his family’s golf course in Doonbeg over the weekend, Trump spoke with reporters about his musical tastes. He then offered to share his playlist with them, asking, “Do you want to hear it?”
“I love good music. It’s what keeps me happy,” Trump told reporters.
What’s on Trump’s playlist?
According to reporters on the flight, Trump’s playlist is a mix of pop, rock, country, classical, and iconic wrestling music. Among them was Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” the 1973 country classic, one of her signature songs.
The playlist also includes Lesley Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me,” released in 1963, which became a major hit and is widely remembered as an early feminist pop anthem.
Trump’s selection also included the WWE’s iconic Undertaker entrance theme. Other songs on the playlist included Cat Stevens’ “Wild World,” released in 1970, and R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion,” the 1991 hit.
The list also featured “Baba O’Riley,” released in 1971 on The Who’s album Who’s Next. The song is often informally referred to as “Teenage Wasteland” because of its famous repeated lyric.
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Reporters listen to Trump’s playlist aboard Air Force One
Several reporters, including The Telegraph’s chief Washington correspondent Connor Stringer and Reuters White House correspondent Bo Erickson, shared details of the experience in posts on X on September 13.
They said that while Air Force One was flying “somewhere over the Atlantic,” two officials entered the press cabin carrying a message from the president, asking whether the journalists wanted to listen to Trump’s playlist while he worked.
“Trump first said he was checking on the music. Then he discussed Dolly Parton, China providing intelligence to Iran, Russia/Ukraine, and Flock cameras (‘I sort of like them’), to name a few topics,” Bo Erickson posted on X.
Stringer also shared details of the moment, describing it as a “fun” episode aboard Air Force One and revealing that the president’s team had offered reporters the chance to listen to his personal playlist while he worked.
“A fun moment on Air Force One tonight somewhere over the Atlantic. Two officials came back to the press cabin relaying a message from the president — did we want to listen to his playlist while he worked?” Stringer posted, sharing some of the songs from the list.
Edited by Maryam Hassan