The morning after Donald Trump addressed the nation about the war in Iran, he set his sights on a celebrity: Bruce Springsteen.
The singer launched his new tour this week in Minneapolis, and he already had indicated that he would speak out about the president in between his sets.
On Tuesday evening, he did.
“The America that I love, the America … that has been a beacon of hope and liberty around the world is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless and treasonous administration,” Springsteen said, to big cheers from concertgoers. He called on the crowd to choose “unity over division,” rallying them to not be despondent.
Springsteen introduced a new work, “Streets of Minneapolis,” following the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents conducting immigration raids across the Twin Cities. He also spoke out against Trump on a European tour last year.
On Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Bad, and very boring singer, Bruce Springsteen, who looks like a dried up prune who has suffered greatly from the work of a really bad plastic surgeon, has long had a horrible and incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, sometimes referred to as TDS. The guy is a total loser who spews hate against a President who won a Landslide Election, including the popular vote, all Seven Swing States, and 86% of the Counties across America. Under Sleepy Joe and the Dems, our Country was DEAD, and now we have the ‘hottest’ Country, by far, anywhere in the World. MAGA SHOULD BOYCOTT HIS OVERPRICED CONCERTS, WHICH SUCK. SAVE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY. AMERICA IS BACK!!! President DJT”
Springsteen will continue his tour on Friday in Portland.
