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Nancy Sinatra, the daughter of US singer and actor Frank Sinatra, who died in 1998, made statements about her father’s political stance public.
Nancy Sinatra speaks for her late father
The 85-year-old posted several posts on She also speaks posthumously for Frank: “This is not my father’s America. He would be horrified. Trump is wrong in so many ways,” she writes on the platform. “My father detested Trump,” it continued.
From Roosevelt to Reagan: Frank Sinatra’s political transformation
Frank Sinatra’s political stance changed many times during his lifetime. In the 1940s he was a staunch Democrat and supported presidents such as Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. He won an Oscar for his role in the RKO film “The House I Live In,” which takes a stand against anti-Semitism. Later he turned more towards the Republicans, especially with Ronald Reagan, from whom he received the Medal of Freedom in 1985. Although he leaned toward the conservative camp, Sinatra was not a supporter of Trump, according to his daughter.
Casino deal as proof: Manager confirms Sinatra’s dislike
References to Sinatra’s rejection of Trump can also be found in the autobiography of former manager Eliot Weisman. Under the title “The Way It Was: My Life With Frank Sinatra,” Weisman described, among other things, the events surrounding a series of concerts that Sinatra was planning at Trump’s Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
A contract was concluded in 1990, which Trump no longer adhered to a short time later. Sinatra responded to a significantly lower financial offer for the concerts with a cancellation and moved his performances to the Sands in Las Vegas.