Donald Trump, who served as the leader of the free world on May 16, wrote a screen of disjointed boundaries to Bruce Springsteen after the songwriter exploded on the Inaugural Day of the 2025 European Tour.
Trump wrote: "Springsteen is 'stupid rock', can't see what's going on, or will he (even worse!)? It's a 'trimming' for the rocker (his skin is granulated!) Should shut his mouth until he returns to the country, which is just the "standard fare". Then, we'll all see him!"
Three days later, Trump shot again in another crazy Springsteen post, which also quoted Bono and Oprah Winfrey. “How much did Kamala Harris pay for his poor performance during his presidency?” he wrote. "If he was a fan of her, why would he accept the money? Not a major illegal campaign contribution? What about Beyoncé? ... What about Oprah and Bono?
Let's put aside the fact that everything Trump writes here is ridiculous and false at almost every imaginable level. Instead, let's focus on the fact that he is as new or surprising as Springsteen's position. Springsteen has been a very voiced critic since almost the moment Trump fell into the golden escalator in 2015. This is a review of what he said to Trump over the years.
Springsteen vented his feelings about Trump during an interview during the 2016 campaign Rolling stones. "Basically, the Republic is surrounded by an idiot," he said. "The whole thing is miserable. If it is not exaggerated, it is a tragedy of our democracy... The idea of his moving to the mainstream is very dangerous. - White nationalism and alt-right movement. What he did outrageous - Not reject David Duke immediately? For any previous political candidate, these are clearly beyond the pale. It will immediately lower your candidacy. ”
Springsteen continues to speak as he travels to Europe to promote his new memoir Born to run. "You have 30 to 40 years of deindustrialization and economic globalization, so there are a lot of people left out and their voices are fundamentally ignored and not heard," he told him. BBC. "These guys feel like Donald Trump has been listening to them and speaking for them to some extent. I think he's a liar and they're playing football."
Springsteen was busy making appearances in a series of bookstores in the U.S. and Europe in the final days of the 2016 campaign, promoting his memoirs during the 2016 campaign, but he had a brief break at a Hillary Clinton rally outside the Independence Hall in Philadelphia the night before the election. "(Trump) is a man who is far beyond himself, his vision rarely exceeds himself, and his decent lack can make him prioritize his own interests and self before American democracy itself," Springsteen said. "A man willing to undermine the system we have long and admired, not for the reasons behind his own epic failure. It is unforgivable."
The original incarnation Springsteen in Broadway There were 236 performances between 2017 and 2018. He didn't mention Trump on the stage, but he still made a clear view of the administration. He told the crowd, and he told the crowd. “That’s what they intend. That’s what we see in the anger of the broken families on the border and in the hate-filled parades of American streets.
Springsteen's 2007 LP magic It's basically a concept album about George W. Bush's United States. But in 2020, Springsteen told Rolling stones He doesn't want to speak directly to Trump while making a song Letter to you. "That would be the most boring album in the world," he said, but he spoke frankly during promotion. "The power of American thought has been abandoned," Springsteen said. "It's a terrible shame, and we need someone who can bring it to life again...I think it's a long way to go if we get Joe Biden and it can help us regain our status around the world. As the light of democracy, the government has destroyed this country by the government. We gave up friends, we gave up dictators, we are dictators of friendship, we deny climate science... First of all, we have to start the ace government and start the ace again.
The pandemic has made traditional outdoor sports gatherings largely impossible. But Springsteen still discovered the Biden movement, by performing with SiriusXM From my home to yours After he called Trump Say goodbye to the thief. "In my opinion, a large part of our wonderful country has been completely hypnotized by the scammers of Queens," he said. "You then put some morbidism, some false patriotism, the Black Planet, vanity, narcissism, paranoia, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theories and part of our country suffering from mass delusions and getting involved in violence, your threat to the greatest threat to democracy in my life."
During the Biden era, Springsteen had little to focus on Trump. But once Trump becomes a candidate for 2024, Bruce will be publicly opposed to him. A few weeks before the election, he formally recognized Kamala Harris in a video cut by a restaurant in New Jersey. "(Trump) disdain for the sanctity of our constitution, the sanctity of democracy, the sanctity of the rule of law, and the sanctity of peaceful transfer of power should once again qualify him from the presidency," Springsteen said. "He does not understand the meaning of this country, its history or the meaning of deep Americans."
With a few days left before the election, Springsteen appeared at the Harris rally in Clarkston, Georgia. "Dear Kamala Harris, only one candidate in this election has these principles," he said. "She is running for the 47th president of the United States. Donald Trump runs for the American tyrant. He doesn't understand the country, its history or the meaning of deep Americans."
Despite all the efforts of Springsteen, Trump won the 2024 election. Springsteen held his tongue until the journey of Hope and Dreams in Manchester, England began on May 14. “Tonight, we ask everyone who believes in the best experience of democracy and America, be with us, raise your voice on authoritarianism and cheer up freedom.”
Trump made predictable anger at Springsteen’s statement. It didn't stop Springsteen again on the second night of the tour, which largely resonated what he said on the first night. "In America, the richest people are satisfied with giving up the disease and death of the poorest children in the world," he said. "It's happening now. In my country, they're suffering from the suffering of faithful American workers. They're retreating from historic civil rights legislation, which has led to a more just society. They're giving up our great allies and getting along with dictators who fight for their own freedom. The American universities that are happening now, they're living among residents in the law firms and jails. Detention centers and prisons are happening."