Nancy Sinatra, the eldest daughter of the late crooner Frank Sinatra, has condemned Donald Trump’s use of her father’s music.
Over the weekend, the president shared a clip of Frank’s 1978 live performance of his hit ballad “My Way” at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas on Truth Social.
A screengrab of Trump’s post was shared on X by multiple people, including one who tagged Nancy, writing: “Omg, @NancySinatra will not be happy about this. Trump goes against everything that Frank stood for. He was a big champion for equality and supported the Civil Rights movement.”
Nancy, 85, responded: “This is a sacrilege.”
Replying to another person who asked if there was any legal action she could take against the president, the “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” singer said: “Unfortunately no. The only people who can do something are the publishers.”
Nancy is one of three children belonging to Frank and his first wife, Nancy Barbato. The pair, who were married from 1939 to 1951, also had son Frank Jr., who died in 2016, and daughter Tina, 77.
Frank passed away in 1998 at the age of 82. According to Nancy, the “Fly Me to the Moon” singer “loathed” Trump.
Last December, Nancy replied to a video on X purporting to show ICE officers harassing Latino construction workers. “This is not my father’s America,” she wrote. “He would be devastated. Trump is so wrong in so many ways.”
When one person commented: “Your Dad would have loved Trump,” Nancy shot back: “Do some homework before you make a fool of yourself. My dad LOATHED Trump.”
She similarly reminded fans of her father’s true feelings towards Trump in 2017. Responding to reports that her father’s classic hit “My Way” could be played at Trump’s inauguration, she said on X, then known as Twitter: “Just remember the first line of the song.”
The song opens with the line: “And now, the end is near.”
She later wished Trump the best, however, saying: “I don’t believe anyone tries to be a bad president.”
Then in 2020, Trump paid tribute to Frank in a speech and suggested his inclusion in a planned monument to American heroes.
Frank’s third wife, actor and activist Mia Farrow, tweeted at the time: “Frank Sinatra would have loathed Donald Trump.”
“He actually did loathe him,” Nancy confirmed.
In 2017, Eliot Weisman, the former manager of Frank, claimed in his memoir, The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra, that the “Somethin’ Stupid” baritone once told Trump to “go f*** himself,” after he took issue with the singer’s financial demands.
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