The Boss pours fuel on Trump fire with ‘moron’ attack
Bruce Springsteen has branded US President Donald Trump a “moron” in a new scathing attack.
The Born in the USA hitmaker, who has been locked in war of words with Trump, has branded the state of his home country an “American tragedy” and lambasted the man in charge.
“I think that it was the combination of the deindustrialisation of the country and then the incredible increase in wealth disparity that left so many people behind. It was ripe for a demagogue,” Springsteen told The New York Times.
“While I can’t believe it was this moron that came along, he fit the bill for some people. But what we’ve been living through in the last 70 days is things that we all said, ‘this can’t happen here’, ‘this will never happen in America’. And here we are.”
Springsteen then went in on Trump’s controversial immigration policies, which led to riots in Los Angeles, and prompted the deployment of thousands of National Guardsmen to “address the lawlessness” in the US city amid the unrest over Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.
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“When I went to California, obviously there was a large migrant culture. I was interested in the history of it, because I felt that this is the future of the United States — which it has become,” he said.
Springsteen said what was happened in the US was “disgusting” and a “terrible tragedy”.
“There are communities all across America now that have taken in immigrants and migrant workers. So what’s going on at the moment to me is disgusting, and a terrible tragedy,” he said.
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“We have a long democratic history. We don’t have an autocratic history as a nation. It’s fundamentally democratic, and I believe that at some point that’s going to rear its head and things will swing back. Let’s knock on wood.”
Trump, 78, was left furious after Springsteen, 75, hit out at the “corruption” and “incompetence” of the Trump administration in a recent concert in Manchester. He responded with a lengthy rant via his social media platform Truth Social.
Trump blasted Springsteen as a “pushy, obnoxious JERK”.
Springsteen made three separate rants against the “corruption” and “incompetence” of the Trump administration.
“It’s great to be in Manchester and back in the UK. Welcome to the Land of Hope and Dreams Tour!” he told the audience after opening with a performance of Land of Hope and Dreams.
“The mighty E St Band is here tonight to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock’n’roll in dangerous times.”
Since then, several musicians have spoken out in support of Springsteen. Among them was Neil Young, who insisted he wasn’t “scared” of Trump.
