Ahead of US National Day - Fourth of July - Trump gave a speech at the foot of the mountain and the Mount Rushmore monument, one of America's most famous and controversial monuments in the Black Hills rock massif in the state of South Dakota.

US President at Mount Rushmore National Monument in Keystone, South Dakota, July 3, 2020. Photo: Saul Loeb, AFP

As a warm-up, three classic Neil Young songs played from the speakers before Trump's speech: "Rockin 'in the Free World", "Like a Hurricane" and "Cowgirl in the Sand".

Then Young took to Twitter to express his disapproval.

"This is NOT ok," he wrote.

Supports the Democrats

This is not the first time Young publicly publicly condemns the association of his music with Trump.

Five years ago, Trump similarly used "Rockin 'in the Free World" to mark the launch of his presidential campaign.

Young has previously expressed support for, among other things, Democrats' former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

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The matter is further complicated by the fact that Mount Rushmore has been a US state park since the end of the 19th century, and American residents who call themselves Lakota Sioux people claim that the area is theirs.

Then Ýoung wrote a second tweet: "I stand behind the Lakota Sioux people, and this is NOT ok".

Several rock icons respond

Also last week, the Rolling Stones threatened legal action against Trump's campaign for playing their songs at an election.

The family of the deceased musician Tom Petty has also recently made similar statements.