Donald Trump fired a shot at rocker Bruce Springsteen on Friday, familiar ways to deal with people he doesn’t like – throwing insults on social media and engaging in their appearance.
The U.S. president was frustrated by the name shocked and criticized by rock idols at one of his recent concerts, lashing out his boss as “highly overrated” and “not talented.”
“I saw that the highly overrated Bruce Springsteen went to a foreign country and spoke terrible to the president of the United States,” Trump wrote in The Society of Truth. “Never liked him, never liked his music, or his radical left politics, and importantly, he was not a talented person.”
He went on to accuse Springsteen of being a “rushing, annoying asshole” and “stupid rock” before returning to his appearance.
“This makes the rocker’s ‘trimming’ dry (his skin is all atrophy!) He should shut his mouth until he returns to the countryside.”
“Then we’ll all look at him!”
Trump’s problems with Springsteen stem from his opinion that Trump is “not suitable” to the Oval Office after artists made harsh remarks about the president earlier this week.
While introducing his songs with E Street Band The Land of HopeSince then, his current tour has been named Springsteen, 75, said: “In my home, I love America, I wrote about America, which is a beacon of hope and freedom for 250 years, currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonable government.”
He told the crowd in Manchester, England: “Tonight, we ask everyone who believes in democracy and the best experiments in America to raise your voice and let liberalism ring.”
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He didn’t stop there. His criticism of Trump and his administration spilled the show all night long.
Before playing A house with a thousand guitarshe said: “The last check of power after the government’s check and balance failed was the people, you and me. It was a united person around people who share values, and now it’s everything between democracy and authoritarianism. So by the end of the day, everything we have is each other.”
Before execution My ruined cityhe offers a longer monologue:
“In the United States, they are persecuting people to use freedom of speech and the right to express dissent. This is now … In the United States, the richest people are satisfied when they give up the world’s poorest children’s illness and death. This is happening.”
Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band performed on the first night of the “Hope and Dreamland” tour held on May 14, 2025 at the co-op Live in Manchester, England.
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He studied the Trump administration’s problems, caused pain to the “faithful” American workers, trampled on deep-rooted civil rights, and while shaking hands with the dictator, he fell into solid civil rights, making the ally’s enemies the ally’s enemies.
He told a crowded auditorium: “They gave up our great allies and went against the dictatorships against those who struggled for their freedom. They returned funds to American universities that did not succumb to ideological demands.”
Springsteen became close friends with Barack and Michelle Obama after he established close ties during Obama’s first presidential campaign in 2008.
As USA Today points out, Trump cited Born in the United States The singer’s name Springsteen’s hometown campaign rally Last year’s New Jersey.
“I love these Saturday nights. Is there anything better than ace rally?” Trump said from the stage at the time. “If some of these wackos came out, these liberal singers would actually vote for me. You know they would all vote for me. You know, like Bruce Springsteen. Our crowd is much bigger than Bruce Springsteen. Right?”
Springsteen isn’t the only musician to spark an IRE from Trump on Friday. He also tries to resurrect with Taylor Swift, following billionaire pop stars in a truth social outpost just minutes before his spring sillive puppy.
“Has anyone noticed this because I said ‘I hate Taylor Swift, ‘Is she no longer hot anymore?'” Trump wrote.
– Documents with Global News’ Rachel Goodman
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