Bruce Springsteens feud with Trump as singer lambasts | Music News

The public feud between Bruce Springsteen and Donald Trump has spanned almost a decade and exhibits no indicators of slowing down as the music icon makes some scathing remarks about ICE in Minneapolis.

Since Trump‘s first presidential marketing campaign in 2016, the 2 have been at odds over politics, values, and public statements. The feud started in 2016, when Trump used Springsteen‘s tune Born in the united statesA. at political rallies. Springsteen didn’t approve of the use but selected not to pursue legal motion. Instead, he publicly backed Hillary Clinton, performing at her marketing campaign rally in Philadelphia.

Now, a 12 months into Trump’s second time period as president, the strain between the pair hasn’t simmered. In fact, their longstanding feud has been reignited a number of instances over the years, most lately with Springsteen’s feedback about ICE brokers in Minneapolis.

In 2016, Springsteen called Trump a “moron” in a Rolling Stone interview and said he was “unfit” for workplace during the opening of his U.Ok. tour.

In a number of interviews in 2016, Springsteen warned that Trump was undermining American democratic traditions. Speaking to the UK’s Channel 4, he called Trump a “flagrant, toxic narcissist” and said the language Trump was utilizing was harmful and irresponsible.

After Trump was elected, a Springsteen tribute band recognized as the B Street Band, pulled out of a major gig at one of Trump’s inaugural occasions in response to backlash from followers and strain related to Springsteen’s opposition to Trump.

Then, on tour in Australia in early 2017, Springsteen criticized Trump’s journey ban on residents from Muslim-majority nations, calling it anti-democratic and un-American.

Later that 12 months, Springsteen recorded a protest tune with Joe Grushecky entitled That’s What Makes Us Great, immediately criticizing Trump’s strategy to management and mind.

During his Broadway run in 2018, Springsteen went off-script to criticize Trump’s household separation coverage at the border, calling it “shockingly inhumane.”

In a 2018 Esquire interview, Springsteen said Trump had “no interest in uniting the country” and criticized his failure to condemn the violent alt-right rally in Charlottesville.

In response to ongoing criticism, Trump talked about Springsteen at a rally in 2019, downplaying his affect by calling him “little Bruce Springsteen.”

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Springsteen continued his criticism during the 2020 election. He called Trump’s presidency a “nightmare,” endorsed Joe Biden, and said he would take into account leaving the nation if Trump gained re-election. He later carried out at Biden’s inauguration in January 2021.

In 2024, Springsteen endorsed Kamala Harris, calling Trump unfit for a second time period. After Trump gained the 2024 election, Springsteen opened his next live performance with a tune titled A Fighting Prayer for My Country.

Fast ahead to Spingsteen’s current 2025 world tour, the musician again called Trump “unfit” during a show in Manchester and described his management as “treasonous.”

Trump lately responded on social media by attacking Springsteen’s expertise and intelligence, calling him a “dried-out prune” and “dumb as a rock.’ He also labeled the award-winning star as “extremely overrated.”

Most recently, the president threatened to launch investigations into celebrities like Springsteen and Beyonce who endorsed Kamala Harris, though campaign finance records showed no wrongdoing.

Though the two have never met or spoken directly, their public back-and-forth continues to reflect the wider cultural and political divide in the U.S.

During a surprise performance at the Light of Day festival in New Jersey on Saturday, January 17, the legendary singer told ICE agents they should “get the f— out of Minneapolis!”

Near the end of his performance, the 76-year-old paused his set and took a moment to address the current political climate with Trump’s administration and ICE, amid the unrest following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota’s capital.

His speech was caught on video by an NJ.com writer. In the video, Springsteen first explained the creation of his 1978 track, The Promised Land, and how it’s a song he wrote as a homage to “American risk.”

He elaborated, “it was (about) both the gorgeous but flawed nation that we’re, and to the nation that we may very well be.” Then he went on to condemn what is presently happening in America and Trump’s deployment of ICE.

He also urged the audience to speak out against those actions and the policies of Trump and his administration. Springsteen said, “If you imagine in democracy, in liberty, if you imagine that reality still issues, that it’s value talking out, that it’s value combating for, if you imagine in the facility of the law and no one stands above it, if you stand against closely armed masked federal troops invading American cities and utilizing Gestapo ways against our fellow residents, if you imagine you don’t deserve to be murdered for exercising your American proper to protest, then ship a message to this president, and as the mayor of that metropolis has said, ‘ICE ought to get the f— out of Minneapolis.'”