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Maybe Donald Trump can boast that enough Americans liked him enough to elect him president, but he can’t say he’s adored by entertainers his team are trying to enlist to perform at his inauguration.

Amid reports that Trump’s inaugural committee is scrambling to hire A-listers like Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars for the Jan. 20 festivities — and is willing to “pay anything” and even offer people ambassadorships — came news that Ice T was contacted about performing and turned the committee down.

Yes, it sounds pretty far-fetched, but the rapper and “Law and Order: SVU” star broke the news himself with a tweet Thursday afternoon:

Ice T tweeted: “just got a call to perform at the Inauguration.” He then added that he “didn’t pick up and Blocked the number.” He followed up with a quip: “Just call Ted Nugent and call it a day. . . .”

I just got call to perform at the Inauguration…. I didn’t pick up and Blocked the number. — ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) December 16, 2016

Just call Ted Nugent and call it a day…. — ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) December 16, 2016

His tweet set off a flurry of responses, both amused as well as scathing. One Twitter user called him a “liar,” to which Ice T responded “lol …. Ya think?’

He let the joke continue for a couple hours, all the while announcing “Jokes people … I got jokes!”

Jokes people… I got Jokes! — ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) December 16, 2016

But then he finally shut the joke down by saying that anyone who thinks that Trump’s committee would call him, “of all people,” has gotta be an “expletive.” But Ice T also referred to the people who fell for his joke, saying it’s easy to fire “these political trolls up … LOL.”

And he took one more shot at anyone who believed his original tweet:

Trump wouldn't accept my refusal to play the Inauguration so he's coming over my house tonight to talk about it… I won't be home. — ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) December 16, 2016

Ice T’s prank probably generated so many reactions because it comes at a pretty sensitive time for Trump’s inaugural team.

While Barack Obama was able to easily enlist A-listers like Aretha Franklin and Beyonce for his inauguration, and Hillary Clinton was likewise able to get Beyonce and other mega-stars like Jay-Z, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga to perform for her campaign events, Trump’s people are barely scraping the bottom of the D-list.

So far, they’ve only been able to sign up opera singer Andrea Bocelli to sing a duet with 16-year-old opera singer and “America’s Got Talent” alum Jackie Evancho, according to the Huffington Post. They were also publicly rejected by Elton John, whose representative issued a stern statement denying he had agreed to perform, the Wrap reported.

Apparently, the Trump team is trying to do better than Nugent, a conservative rock artist who is one of the few musicians to publicly support Trump during his campaign, Vanity Fair said.

The same goes for another supporter, Kid Rock. And while Kanye West met with Trump, possibly to discuss a potential role in his administration, the rapper and fashion mogul wouldn’t address questions about whether Trump had asked him to perform.

Meanwhile, there were also reports that no Washington D.C.-area high school marching bands have signed up to participate in any of the festivities — a break with tradition, the Huffington Post said.

Broadway star and singer Idina Menzel has a theory about why Trump’s team isn’t having any luck putting together a star-studded inauguration.

“I think it’s karma, baby,” the “Let It Go” singer said, according to the Huffington Post. “I mean, look: All the artists in the world got up and tried to get our girl [Hillary Clinton] elected, and it still didn’t happen, so we’re all still trying to recover from that.”