Natalie Maines Got Dropped From Country Radio for Slamming a President in 2003. She Just Did It Again, Calling Trump a “Fugly Slut” on Instagram
by Jerome London · Thought CatalogUpdated 6 minutes ago, August 4, 2026
Natalie Maines has never been one to soften her politics for the sake of her career, and more than two decades after a comment about a president cost The Chicks their spot on country radio, she’s making headlines for going after a sitting president again.
The last time Natalie Maines went after a sitting president, radio stations pulled The Chicks off the air and their No. 1 country hit vanished from the charts in two weeks.
Twenty-three years later, she’s not lowering her voice. This time, she took aim at Trump on Instagram, calling him a “fugly slut.”
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