The president got an earful from Ol’ Blue Eyes’ daughter on social media over the weekend.

Nancy Sinatra blasts Donald Trump for sharing Frank Sinatra ‘My Way’ performance: ‘Sacrilege’

The president got an earful from Ol' Blue Eyes' daughter on social media over the weekend.

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- Nancy Sinatra is calling out President Donald Trump for sharing a video of her father singing his 1969 song "My Way" on his Truth Social platform.

- "This is a sacrilege," she wrote on social media, after a follower brought Trump's post to her attention.

- Nancy made her feelings about Trump clear by sharing one of her follower's posts, which read, "Trump may love Sinatra, but Sinatra did not love Trump."

Nancy Sinatra wants Donald Trump to take the lyrics to one of his favorite songs seriously, and go on his way.

Crooner Frank Sinatra's daughter, who has been an avowed critic of the president for years, is not happy with his recent homage to her famous father. Just before leaving his own Trump National Golf Club in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, per his public schedule, the business mogul-turned-politician shared a video of Ol' Blue Eyes singing one of his signature songs, "My Way," to his Truth Social platform.

One of Nancy's 330,000 followers on X brought the post to her attention, and the following day, she shared her unambiguous reaction: "This is a sacrilege."

Another fan asked if there was anything she could do about Trump sharing the video, following in the footsteps of numerous musicians who've called on the president to cease and desist using their work at his rallies and to promote his policies.

"Unfortunately no," she replied. "The only people who can do something are the publishers."

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Nancy wanting to keep her father's legacy Trump-free runs into two problems with the Trump post: First, "My Way" wasn't a Frank Sinatra original. The template for what would become one of Sinatra's touchstones was set in 1967, when Jacques Revaux released the song "Comme d'habitude," meaning "as per usual" or "according to habit." The song was composed by Revaux and Claude François, with lyrics by François and Gilles Thibaut.

Paul Anka, one of Sinatra's most esteemed contemporaries, adapted the song into English two years later. There was a brief detour in which David Bowie worked on an English-language version of the song, but it was first released in English by Sinatra to instant popularity.

That's why Nancy noted it would be up to the song's publishers — Because Music and Primary Wave Music Publishing — to get involved, as the primary rights holders behind "My Way."

Second, there's a big difference between Trump using music at rallies or in ads, where a license is required, and merely sharing a video on social media.

Frank Sinatra performing with his daughter, Nancy Sinatra, in 1967.

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Still, Nancy made sure to be clear about her own stance on Trump, and her sense of where her father would stand, nearly three decades since his death in 1998.

"[Nancy Sinatra] will confirm again that her father loathed Donald Trump," wrote one user in a post that Nancy shared. She shared another user's post that made it unequivocal: "Trump may love Sinatra, but Sinatra did not love Trump."

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