{"id":26437,"date":"2026-08-03T20:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26437"},"modified":"2026-08-03T20:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:08:39","slug":"serj-tankian-thinks-system-of-a-down-bandmate-john-dolmayan-got-tired-of-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26437","title":{"rendered":"Serj Tankian Thinks System of a Down Bandmate John Dolmayan &#8220;Got Tired of Trump&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1615548\" data-title=\"Serj Tankian Thinks System of a Down Bandmate John Dolmayan \u201cGot Tired of Trump, Like Many Others\u201d\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/08\/serj-tankian-system-of-a-down-john-dolmayan-tired-of-trump\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p>For years, <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/serj-tankian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Serj Tankian<\/a>\u2019s left-leaning beliefs clashed with his <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/system-of-a-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">System of a Down<\/a> bandmate and brother-in-law <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/john-dolmayan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Dolmayan<\/a>\u2019s MAGA-leaning social posts, but now the singer believes that the drummer\u2019s support for President Trump has waned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io\/c\/1882189\/952533\/12730?subId1=system-of-a-down%2Atrump-button&amp;subId2=&amp;subId3=&amp;sharedid=&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Fsystem-of-a-down-tickets%2Fperformer%2F2457\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get System of a Down Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a new interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.it\/musica\/interviste-musica\/serj-tankian-cosa-aspettarsi-dai-system-of-a-down-a-milano-esplosioni\/1033695\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Rolling Stone Italy<\/em><\/a>, when the topic came up about the political differences between the members of System of a Down, Tankian shed new light on Dolmayan\u2019s current stance on the Trump administration:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u201cFirst of all, I don\u2019t want to speak for John about his political views; that wouldn\u2019t be fair. I can say that the verb \u2018was\u2019 [a Trump supporter] is correct. I can\u2019t say for sure that it still is. I think he, too, got tired of Trump, like many others. Do differences make things more difficult? Of course. But there are also many points on which we agree. And John isn\u2019t just my drummer, he\u2019s also my brother-in-law. So it\u2019s even more complicated. Our children are together all the time. They\u2019re cousins. We see each other at family gatherings. That part is complicated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">But I\u2019m certainly not the only person in the world who has a brother-in-law with different political views. It happens to a lot of people. Yet that doesn\u2019t stop us from doing what we truly do: loving each other. We share so many things: our origins, our Armenian identity, our culture, our music, and everything we\u2019ve built together over thirty years. And that carries a lot of weight. Yes, it\u2019s difficult at times. But times change. Opinions change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">I\u2019ll tell you one thing: before Trump, John voted for Barack Obama. I don\u2019t even know if he says it publicly, but it\u2019s true. People change. I know so many Armenians in Los Angeles who voted for Trump and now regret it. That\u2019s all I can say. In fact, I\u2019ll add something else. If you look at how much the United States has invested in education from 1980, when Reagan became president, until 2026, that explains everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2021, at the height of Dolmayan\u2019s pro-Trump social posts, <em>Heavy Consequence<\/em> caught up with Tankian, who <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2021\/03\/serj-tankian-john-dolmayan-political-views\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told us<\/a> at the time, \u201cI love and respect John very much, but I don\u2019t love and respect his American political views. And that\u2019s fine. And I can live with that and he can live with that because we respect and care for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>During Trump\u2019s first term. Tankian called for the end of his regime, while Dolmayan defended the president as \u201cthe greatest friend to minorities\u201d while calling Democrats the \u201ctrue bigots\u201d when it comes to race relations in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In early 2025, Dolmayan even praised Trump\u2019s second election, saying, \u201cI\u2019m glad he won, because it brings a little sanity back. Irrespective of what you hear out there, it\u2019s much more sane with him than it was without him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Dolmayan\u2019s Instagram page has avoided political messaging over the past year, as his posts have mostly been devoted to happenings within System of a Down.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, System of a Down recently announced an <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/faith-no-more-reunion-shows-system-of-a-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">early 2027 tour of Australia and New Zealand<\/a>, on which they\u2019ll be sharing the bill with Faith No More, who will be playing their first shows in more than a decade. 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