Could President Donald Trump be the one to blame if classic rock band Journey breaks up? Some are wondering as much after a visit to the president by three band members caused discord among the group.
Journey is still together, at the moment, but guitarist and co-founder Neal Schon was up in arms after his fellow band members visited the White House and took pictures with Trump, according to Variety.
While Schon isn't anti-Trump, he was frustrated that he knew nothing about the visit and took to Twitter to express that displeasure.
This comes amid rumors that the band wanted to go on tour without Schon.
"How would you feel if you found out that the rest of the band wanted to tour without me?" Schon wrote on Twitter. "They will not tour with Journey name. Trust me. I’ve spent way too long building to give up the brand… F****** insane. It is a serious try at hijacking JRNY…"
Arnel Pineda, Journey's lead singer, shared a link on his Facebook page on July 27. A picture associated with the link shows he and the other two band members in the White House briefing room with staffers.
Although Schon claims to be neutral when it comes to Trump, he said the band has previously talked about keeping religion and politics out of the equation.
"Everybody’s entitled to like and believe what they want but when we’ve had this discussion many, many times it was always a no WH. All know," Schon said. "Arranged photo op against what we’ve all stood for up until two years ago (when) Jon (Cain) changed radically… And then on top of it the stories that have stemmed from their visit say JOURNEY was there. Like I don’t exist. I brought all these guys in."
According to Spin, Schon and the rest of the band were invited to visit the White House in the past while Obama was in office, but he turned the opportunity down.
Even if one of the band members, keyboardist Jonathan Cain, had never visited the White House with Journey, it's safe to say that he would have found himself there at some point during Trump's first term, considering the fact that Cain's wife, Paula White, is the president's personal minister.
Paula heads up Trump's evangelical advisory board.
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