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Donald Trump, who had included “Born in the USA” in the soundtrack of his electoral campaign in 2016, now emphasized that he “never liked” Bruce Springsteen and his music. And apparently only after the musician described the president at his start for the European tour in 2025 as “incompetent and treacherous”.
Such sharp words from such a famous and revered rock star naturally got under the skin, especially since he is on a journey through the Middle East and is planning to accept luxury jets worth $ 400 million from Qatar. On Friday morning (May 16) he published a contribution to Truth Social, in which he described Springsteen as “completely overrated” and “not talented – only an intrusive, disgusting idiot”.
Donald Trump takes revenge on Springsteen
Trump continued to criticize Springsteen for the support of the former President Joe Biden that the musician is “stupid like a stone” and a “dry rocker plum (his skin is completely scratched!)”. The president also seemed to be particularly fixed that Springsteen had made his comments abroad, and closed his message with the allegation that is as absurd as it is aside as the current situation, “Springsteen should keep his mouth until he is back in the country. Then we will see all of us how things go for him!”
Springsteen has of course often criticized Donald Trump on American soil. In an interview with Rolling Stone in 2016, Springsteen Trump described as “idiots”, and at an election campaign event for Kamala Harris in 2024 he called Trump an “American tyrant”. At his most recent tour of the tour in England, Springsteen said that the USA was “in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treacherous government”.
Later on the show, before he played “My City of Ruins”, Springsteen added: “The majority of our elected representatives failed to protect the American people from the abuse of an incompetent president and an unscrupulous government. They have no idea what it means to be deeply American. With great people.
This article was translated by Kristina Baum from English. You can find the original here.