18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Donald Trump and Bruce Springsteen feud as US President hits back online
Bruce Springsteen took another swipe at US President Donald Trump during his most recent gig
Singer Bruce Springsteen has once again slammed US President Donald Trump during his Hopes and Dreams tour, sparking a sharp response from Trump, who fired back at the music icon on X, formally known as Twitter.
Springsteen first hit out at Trump during his gig in Manchester on May 14, saying: " America is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
He then asked for "all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism, and let freedom ring."
The president quickly hit back at the Born in the USA singer, posting on X: "I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States."
"Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he's not a talented guy - Just a pushy, obnoxious JERK, who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden, a mentally incompetent FOOL, and our WORST EVER President, who came close to destroying our Country," he continued.
He then posted: "This dried out 'prune' of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country, that's just 'standard fare'. Then we'll all see how it goes for him!"
Things escalated further, when Springsteen refused to back down, the Express reports. The singer hit out again at the US President on stage, saying: "Things are happening right now that are altering the very nature of our country's democracy, and they're too important to ignore."
"In my home, they're persecuting people for their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. That's happening now. In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world's poorest children to sickness and death," he continued.
"That's happening now. In my country, they're taking sadistic pleasure in the pain they inflict on loyal American workers."
Springsteen then ended his rant on a positive note, telling fans that Americans 'will survive this', he expressed: "The America I've sung to you about for 50 years is real, and regardless of its many faults, it's a great country with a great people. We will survive this moment."
He finished his speech off with a quote, stating: "Well, I have hope, because I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said. He said, 'In this world, there isn't as much humanity as one would like, but there's enough.'"
The American hit singer is set to play one more show at the Co-Op live on October 20th, before heading onto Lille, Marseille, Liverpool, Berlin, Prague, Frankfurt, San Sebastian, Gelsenkirchen and finally Milan.
