Madonna says Trump administration is 'slowly dismantling' Americans' freedoms

Madonna is accusing the Trump administration of "slowly dismantling all the freedoms we have been fighting for," while urging her fans not to give up.

"It’s so sad to watch our new Government slowly dismantling all the Freedoms we have been fighting for and WON over the years," the "Like a Virgin" singer wrote in a Tuesday post on X.

"Don't give up the Fight!" the performer, who was born Madonna Ciccone, told her 2.8 million followers. She included a pair of emojis: a rainbow Pride flag and a broken heart.

Madonna's social media message came hours after President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at restricting access to gender-affirming care for transgender children and teenagers younger than 19.

The move by Trump came a day after he signed a separate executive order barring transgender people from serving openly in the military, and days after another demanding the federal government recognize only two genders.

Madonna is known as a longtime advocate for the LGBTQ community.

In 2023, the 66-year-old music star added a Tennessee tour stop to raise money for trans-rights organizations after the state passed historic anti-LGBTQ legislation.

She's also been a fierce — and sometimes controversial — critic of Trump. At the Women's March on Washington in 2017, Madonna made headlines when she said during remarks that she imagined “blowing up the White House.”

In a 2019 interview she said the president was an example of a man who is "overcompensating for how insecure they feel."

“A man who is secure with himself, a human who is secure with themselves, doesn’t have to go around bullying people all the time,” the entertainer told The New York Times Magazine.

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