American music legend Bruce Springsteen lambasted U.S. President Donald Trump and his team during a concert in England on Wednesday night.
“In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration,” Springsteen fumed on stage in Manchester during the opening night of a European tour with his E Street Band.
“There’s some very weird, strange, and dangerous shit going on out there right now,” Springsteen said later in the show, according to a local media report, appearing to reference billionaire presidential adviser Elon Musk’s drastic government spending cuts. “In America they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent … the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world’s poorest children to sickness and death. This is happening now.”
The 75-year-old musician, famous for a catalog of mega hits including “Born to Run” and “Dancing in the Dark,” has consistently and vocally opposed Trump over the years.
During Trump’s first presidential campaign in 2016, Springsteen called the Republican nominee a “moron” and accused him of bringing “very dangerous ideas” such as “white nationalism and the alt-right movement” into the mainstream.
During the 2024 presidential election campaign, Springsteen joined a long list of American celebrities who voiced support for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and said Trump was “running to be an American tyrant.”
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