‘Dumb as a rock’: Trump fires again at ‘obnoxious jerk’ Bruce Springsteen – National | Globalnews.ca

Donald Trump fired again at rocker Bruce Springsteen on Friday, the usage of his acquainted option to coping with other people he doesn’t like — hurling insults on social media and going after their bodily look.

The president of the United States, disenchanted with being name-dropped and criticized by means of the rock and roll icon at considered one of his contemporary concert events, bashed The Boss as “Highly Overrated” and “not a talented guy.”

“I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy.”

He went directly to accuse Springsteen of being a “pushy, obnoxious JERK” and “dumb as a rock,” prior to zeroing in on his look.

“This dried out ‘prune’ of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country,” the president wrote, seeming to threaten Springsteen with penalties when he returns to U.S. soil.

“Then we’ll all see how it goes for him!”

Trump’s factor with Springsteen stems from previous this week, after the artist issued some scathing remarks for the president, announcing he believes Trump is “unfit” for the Oval Office.

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Bruce Springsteen calls Trump management ‘corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous’ right through UK live performance

While introducing his and the E Street Band’s track Land of Hopes and Dreams, and then his present excursion is known as, the 75-year-old Springsteen mentioned, “In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.”

“Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring,” he advised the gang in Manchester, England.

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He didn’t prevent there; right through the night time, he sprinkled the display with grievance of Trump and his management.

Before taking part in House of a Thousand Guitars, he mentioned: “The last check on power after the checks and balances of government have failed are the people, you and me. It’s in the union of people around a common set of values now that’s all that stands between a democracy and authoritarianism. So at the end of the day, all we’ve got is each other.”

Before acting My City of Ruins, he delivered an extended monologue:

“In America, they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. This is happening now… in America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world’s poorest children to sickness and death. This is happening now,” he mentioned.

He drilled down on his problems with Trump’s management causing ache on “loyal” American employees, trampling over entrenched civil rights and making enemies of storied allies whilst shaking arms with dictators.

“They are abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators against those struggling for their freedom. They are defunding American universities that won’t bow down to their ideological demands,” he mentioned to a packed auditorium.

Springsteen has lengthy been shut buddies with Barack and Michelle Obama, after forming shut ties right through Obama’s first presidential marketing campaign in 2008.

As USA Today notes, Trump invoked the Born in the united statesA. singer’s call at a marketing campaign rally in Springsteen’s house state of New Jersey final yr.

“I love these Saturday evenings. Is there anything better than a Trump rally?” Trump mentioned from the degree on the time. “If some of these wackos came along, you know, these liberal singers, they’d actually vote for me. You know they’d all vote for me. You know, like Bruce Springsteen. We have a much bigger crowd than Bruce Springsteen. Right?”

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Trump takes a jab at Taylor Swift right through Philadelphia Eagles White House discuss with

Springsteen wasn’t the one musician to spark ire from Trump on Friday; he additionally tried to resurrect his feud with Taylor Swift, going after the billionaire pop celebrity in a Truth Social publish simply mins prior to his Springsteen missive.

“Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’” Trump wrote.

— With recordsdata from Global News’ Rachel Goodman

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