Neil Younger, one in all Donald Trump‘s most vocal critics within the music trade, weighed in on the president’s on-line struggle with Bruce Springsteen and different musicians this week, thanking Springsteen for talking up whereas encouraging the world’s strongest particular person to give attention to extra urgent points at hand than what recording artists say about him.
“Bruce and 1000’s of musicians suppose you’re ruining America. You are concerned about that as an alternative of the dyin’ youngsters in Gaza,” Younger wrote on his web site late Monday. “That’s your downside. I’m not terrified of you. Neither are the remainder of us. You shut down FEMA after we wanted it most. That’s your downside Trump. STOP THINKING ABOUT WHAT ROCKERS ARE SAYING. Take into consideration saving America from the mess you made.”
Trump’s struggle with Springsteen began final Friday, after Springsteen criticized the Trump administration throughout a live performance within the U.Ok., saying that the U.S. is “at present within the fingers of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration.” Trump responded with a rant on Reality Social, calling Springsteen a “dried out ‘prune’ of a rocker” and vaguely threatening that Springsteen “should KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT till he will get again into the Nation, that’s simply ‘commonplace fare’. Then we’ll all see the way it goes for him!”
Except for Springsteen, Trump additionally posted about Taylor Swift final Friday, claiming her recognition dipped after he mentioned he hated her. “Taylor Swift is true. So is Bruce. You understand how I really feel,” Younger wrote. “You might be extra anxious about your self than AMERICA. Get up Trump!! Bear in mind what the White Home is?”
Springsteen, for his half, was unmoved by Trump’s phrases, criticizing him once more in the course of the subsequent present. By Monday, the president posted one other long-winded rant, calling for an investigation into appearances from musicians like Springsteen, Beyoncé and Bono at Kamala Harris’s presidential rallies, claiming with out citing proof that they took cash in alternate for endorsements.
“Bear in mind what the White Home is? 86/47??? That’s what you concentrate on,” Younger additional wrote, seeming to reference the White Home response to a James Comey Instagram publish final week. “You might be forgetting your actual job. You’re employed for us. Get up Republicans! This man is uncontrolled. We want an actual president!”
Younger has by no means shied from making his disdain for Trump clear. Again in April, he posted a message on voicing his concern that Trump would bar him from returning to the U.S. after his upcoming European tour this summer time on account of his phrases in regards to the president. Later that month, he additionally carried out alongside Joan Baez and Maggie Rogers at a Bernie Sanders rally in Los Angeles.
In a separate publish on hello web site, Younger shared a video of Springsteen criticizing the Trump administration throughout a live performance, writing “THANKS BRUCE” within the headline.
“As a Canadian-American twin citizen, I stand with the nice majority, thanking you for talking so eloquently and in truth on behalf of the American folks,” Younger mentioned. “We’re with you my outdated good friend. Your nice songs of America ring true as you sing them to Europe and the world!”
