Trump Responds to Bruce Springsteen’s Comments at Manchester Show
President Donald Trump Calls out Bruce Springsteen after His Speech at his Manchester Concert
Bruce Springsteen used his stage presence to draw attention to the problems the United States is currently facing during the Manchester portion of his tour.
Fans praised his speech, but the US president responded with a scathing criticism.
The E Street Band and Bruce Springsteen began their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour in Manchester, England, on May 14, 2025. Springsteen made three incisive comments about the situation in his native country to start off the performance.
His remarks preceded his renditions of “House of a Thousand Guitars,” “Land of Hope and Dreams,” and “My City of Ruins.
” According to one of his statements, the United States was a “beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years” but is currently “in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration.”
In his speech, he urged democracy’s supporters to speak out against “authoritarianism and let freedom reign.
” He once took the stage and revealed that Americans were being persecuted for expressing dissent and using their right to free speech.
Using the occasion to go farther, Springsteen denounced the nation’s richest individuals, saying they enjoyed “abandoning the world’s poorest children to sickness and death.
” He went on, “In my country they’re taking sadistic pleasure in the pain they inflict on loyal American workers.”
The administration was also chastised by the rock ‘n’ roll legend for “rolling back historic civil legislation that led to a more just and moral society.
” He charged that the administration was siding with dictators while ignoring the country’s closest allies.
Additionally, the celebrity denounced the defunding of academic institutions that did not “bow down to their ideological demands.
” American residents are being taken off the streets and transferred to “foreign detention centers and prisons” without following the proper legal procedures, he claimed.
The majority of elected officials, according to Springsteen, have not been able to shield the country from the “abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government.
” He highlighted the truth of the America he has been singing about for fifty years, stating that in spite of its imperfections, the nation is wonderful and its citizens are just as wonderful.
“I have faith that these people will survive the current unrest,” the musician said. Nevertheless, he maintains that there is hope, citing author James Baldwin’s statement that “In this world there isn’t as much humanity as one would like, but there is enough.”
US President Donald Trump commented on Truth Social after learning of the comments. He wrote, “I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States.”
Trump said he had never been a fan of Springsteen’s music or “Radical Left Politics.
” The vocalist, he claimed, is a “pushy, obnoxious JERK, who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden, a mentally incompetent FOOL, and our WORST EVER President, who came close to destroying our Country.
” He emphasized that the true lesson is that the singer is untalented.
Trump’s predecessor was former US President Joe Biden. Trump claims that if he hadn’t been elected, the country wouldn’t have existed.
“Sleepy Joe didn’t have a clue as to what he was doing, but Springsteen is ‘dumb as a rock,’ and couldn’t see what was going on, or could he (which is even worse!)” he continued, bringing up former President Biden once more.
Springsteen’s looks was also assailed by Trump, who described him as a “dried out ‘prune’ of a rocker” and said that his skin had “atrophied.”
“That’s just’standard fare,'” he said, telling Springsteen to keep quiet until he returned to the United States. “Then we’ll all see how it goes for him!” he continued.
As previously said, supporters immediately responded to Bruce Springsteen’s comments on the internet, offering their opinions on both sides.
One admirer said, “You can’t criticize your president in front of a foreign audience,” seemingly perplexed by the decision. Why the model doesn’t work is beyond me.”
“Would never do that in America [sic],” said one, while another criticized him, saying, “Dude is clueless.”
“Has he lost his mind????” a fan asked as the criticism persisted. and another, with a hint of irony, “Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.” Some even suggested, “Bruce, it’s time to move on. Bring your pessimism along.
Not everyone was critical, though. “Amazing words – thank you, Bruce!” said one admirer. “I love Bruce and his heartfelt rants,” said another fan, echoing that view. I hope more artists will come forward.
Springsteen declared his support for Tim Walz and Kamala Harris in the 2024 race, arguing that they were the most qualified candidates to guide the nation through what he called one of the most important periods in its history.
He made it clear that he passionately opposed both Vice President JD Vance and Trump.
As he reflected on the situation of the country, Springsteen said that since the Civil War, the US had not seemed more emotionally, politically, and spiritually divided.
Nevertheless, he thought that America might reunite and restore the common ideals and shared history that previously characterized the country.
“Now, that will take time, hard work and intelligence, faith and woman and men with the national good guiding their hearts,” he said.
According to Springsteen, America’s real might extended beyond its economic and military prowess.
He believed that the nation’s fundamental principles—freedom, social fairness, equal opportunity, and the unrestricted right to love—were what gave it its strength.
According to him, Trump is the “most dangerous candidate for president” he has ever seen.
“His disdain for the sanctity of our Constitution, the sanctity of democracy, the sanctity of the rule of law and the sanctity of the peaceful transfer of power should disqualify him from the office of president ever again,” Springsteen said.
The artist contended that Donald Trump was unable to understand the history, the spirit of the country, or what it meant to be an American.
However, Tim Walz and Kamala Harris are dedicated to a vision of this nation that values and embraces all people, regardless of their sexual orientation, political beliefs, class, religion, or race.
They also want to expand our economy so that everyone benefits, not just the elite like me. “I’ve been writing about that vision of America for 55 years,” said Springsteen.
He concluded by stating that each American had the right to choose their own political position. Nevertheless, he declared that Harris and Walz would receive his vote, which he regarded as one of his most prized assets.
Springsteen has not backed down from utilizing his voice, despite the fact that Trump ended up winning the election and his favorite candidates lost.
He keeps speaking out against what he sees as the threats posed by Trump and his government, asking people to consider the principles that once bound the country together.
