Bruce Springsteen told spectators what he thought of the American president Donald Trump During a show in the United Kingdom earlier this week, revealing the crowd during a tirade of scathing remarks according to which he thought that man in the oval office was “unfit” for his role.
The legendary artist, venerated for his socially aware lyricism and his ability to reflect a typically American experience through music, said that Trump’s America no longer represents the place where he sings, he told the public.
Bruce Springsteen (R) and Max Weinberg perform during the first night of his tour The Land of Hopes and Dreams in Live Co-Op on May 14, 2025 in Manchester, England.
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While presenting his song and the song of the street group E and Land of hope and dreamsAfter which his current tour is named, the Springsteen, 75, said: “In my house, America I love, America I wrote, which has been a headlight of hope and freedom for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and betrayal administration.”
“Tonight, we ask all those who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience to raise us with us, raise your voice against authoritarianism and let freedom ring,” he continued.
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Springsteen criticisms continued over the evening.
Before playing Mille guitars houseHe said: “The last control of power after checks and government balances failed, it is people, you and me. It is in the union of people around a common ensemble of values now that is between a democracy and authoritarianism. So, at the end of the day, all that we have is of each other.”
Before playing My city of ruinsHe delivered a longer monologue:
“In America, they persecute people for having used their right to freedom of expression and express their dissent.
He has placed himself in the Trump administration for having inflicted pain on “faithful” American workers, trampling rooted civil rights and making themselves enemies of vegetables in vegetables while shaking the hand of dictators.
“They abandon our great allies and ride on the side of dictators against those who fight for their freedom. They finance American universities who will not bow to their ideological requests,” he told a crowded auditorium.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band occur during the first night of his tour The Land of Hopes and Dreams in Coop Live on May 14, 2025 in Manchester, England.
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He also reprimanded Trump for his dismissal of foreign nationals and his general contempt for the law, and called on elected officials to do more to stop the president’s agenda.
“They eliminate residents of the American streets and, without regular procedure, are expulted them towards detention centers and foreign prisons. All this happens now,” said the musician.
“A majority of our elected officials did not protected the American people from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government. They have no concerns or idea of what it means to be deeply American, “he continued, before recovering to America that he had once sang, affirming that this country was” real “but not without fault.
“We will survive at that time,” he said.
“Now, I have hope, because I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said. He said:” In this world, there is not as much humanity as you wish, but there is enough. “Pray.
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