Indeed, it was, and it was performed twice. It seems an odd choice for the occasion. This "Halleljah" would have been better. Nonetheless, some Cohen fans are livid that Trump used this tune.
It’s was perfect - captured the bitter sweetness of our struggle... the holy... and the broken.
Beautiful choice on Trump’s part.
Cohens whiners can bugger off. Cohen wrote something like 80 verses to his version, so just about any story can be told with the song. And if the Cohen fans want to take it further and slam Macchio for singing it, they’re gonna tick off a whole lot of M-fans around the world.
https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/08/28/who-is-the-opera-singer-at-the-rnc/
I’m a Cohen fan and I was thrilled.