The spit between Bruce Springsteen and Donald Trump escalated

They have some similarities, Bruce Springsteen and Donald Trump boys in the 70s with houses in New Jersey and large constituencies among white American men. And both are the boss in a very different way.

This is about where it ends.

The experienced rock star, a political opponent of the President for a long time, appeared last week as one of Trump's best -known cultural critics with a verbal takedown from a British stage.

Like his nature, Trump is back – hard. He calls Springsteen a “dry throat of a rocker” and even brings Beyoncé into battle.

On Monday the President Sugged Springsteen and Beyoncé It should be examined whether they were an illegal donation donation in the name of his democratic opponent Kamala Harris last autumn.

Opening of a tour in Manchester, England, Springsteen told his audience Last Thursday that “The America I Love, the America I wrote about, has been a beacon of hope and freedom for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treacherous administration.”

He added: “Tonight we ask everyone who believes in democracy and the best of our American experiment to increase with us, increase their voices against authoritarianism and to lead freedom.”

And that began

Springsteen Later made a reference to an “incompetent president and a villain government” who “do not have any concern or an idea of ​​what it means to be deeply American”.

The next morning Trump Springsteen called highly rated. “I never liked him, never liked his music or radical politics and, above all, he is not a talented type – just an intrusive, disgusting jerk,” he wrote on social media.

“This dried out of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied) should keep his mouth until it comes back into the country,” he said.

The next night, also in Manchester, Springsteen repeated his criticism.

“It is no surprise what Springste's political inclinations have been and is in many decades,” said the experienced music author Alan Light, author of the upcoming rumors “Don't stop: Why we (still) love Fleetwood Mac's rumors.” “He is someone who was spoken in his music and his actions.”

The boss's statements this week showed that he was not afraid of speaking, “at a time when so many people and institutions just change,” said Light.

Springsteen is not new in this game

It is not the first time that Springsteen has spoken out against Trump – or a Republican president.

When the former President Ronald Reagan came to the peak of the rocker “Born” Born in the USA “in relation to the” Message of Hope “from Springsteen, Springsteen wondered whether Reagan had listened to his music and his references to the references left behind in the 1980s. He also had an occasional bumpy relationship with the unique Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a fan of his music.

Springsteen campaigned for Trump's opponents in autumn, including Harris. In 2020 he said that “a large part of our beautiful country, for my eye, was thoroughly hypnotized and subjected by a fraudster from Queens of a brainwashing.”

He knows that the reference for external Borough still stung a man who built his own tower in Manhattan and rose to the presidency. Trump often stays in his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Springsteen grew up in New Jersey – they may have heard – and now lives in Colts Neck, New Jersey.

Trump does not hesitate to pursue the greatest musical names that speak against him, such as Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. But the political risk can be lower; Her younger, more female audience is less likely with Trump's core components.

During his career, Springsteen asked his audience politically beyond the presidential strengths. The album “The Ghost of Tom Joad” in 1995 documented the life of the fighting immigrants – Mexican and Vietnamese. And his 2001 song “American Skin (41 Shots)” criticized the shootout by police officer by an unarmed guinean immigrant named Amadou Diallo and annoyed some of the blue collar segments of his fan base.

Obviously, Springsteen has conservative fans and some who want to stay away from politics, said Light. Nevertheless, “40 years later it is difficult to imagine what you think that she would happen with Trump,” he said.

While Trump was pointed out to the criticism of Springsteen in a foreign show, he and the E Street Band have not occurred in the United States since the 2024 election. His tour last year met the subjects of mortality, less politics. This year he has planned several European tour dates this year until July and has not announced any new American shows.

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David Bauderer writes about the interface of the media and entertainment for the AP. Follow him And