Trump hits Springsteen with a golfing ball in pretend video as feud escalates – National | Globalnews.ca

U.S. President Donald Trump has as soon as once more escalated his feud with mythical rock superstar Bruce Springsteen, this time within the type of a digitally altered video.

Last week, the president referred to as for an investigation into Springsteen after the singer condemned the movements of the U.S. management all over a live performance within the U.Okay. a couple of days prior, the place he accused the American govt of being “corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous.”

On Thursday, following a large number of social media-driven jabs at Springsteen and different outspoken superstar Democrats, Trump retaliated additional via sharing a doctored video of himself hitting Springsteen with a golfing ball on his X and Truth Social accounts.

The clip presentations Trump, a golfing fanatic, on a golfing path teeing up. After hitting a shot, the pictures cuts to Springsteen on a level, his again to the digicam, being struck at the again with a digitally-imposed golfing ball, and tripping over.

There was once no caption accompanying the video.

Trump’s newest dressing down of the storied musician got here days after a late-night spout from America’s commander-in-chief.

On Monday, forward of a gathering with Vladimir Putin, Trump took to Truth Social to percentage a rambling tirade directed at Springsteen and different Hollywood A-listers who recommended his presidential opponent Kamala Harris.

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Bruce Springsteen calls Trump management ‘corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous’ all over UK live performance

“HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT?” Trump wrote, “WHY DID HE ACCEPT THAT MONEY IF HE IS SUCH A FAN OF HERS? ISN’T THAT A MAJOR AND ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION? WHAT ABOUT BEYONCÉ? … AND HOW MUCH WENT TO OPRAH, AND BONO???, ” he persisted.

“I am going to call for a major investigation into this matter. Candidates aren’t allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of paying for entertainment,” he went on.

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“In addition, this was a very expensive and desperate effort to artificially build up her sparse crowds. IT’S NOT LEGAL! For these unpatriotic ‘entertainers,’ this was just a CORRUPT & UNLAWFUL way to capitalize on a broken system,” the president concluded.

About 8 hours later, he took to social media once more.

“According to news reports, Beyoncé was paid $11,000,000 to walk onto a stage, quickly ENDORSE KAMALA, and walk off to loud booing for never having performed, NOT EVEN ONE SONG!” Trump wrote.

“Remember, the Democrats and Kamala illegally paid her millions of Dollars for doing nothing other than giving Kamala a full throated ENDORSEMENT.”

Transitioning to complete caps, the president rounded off his hours-long rant.

“THIS IS AN ILLEGAL ELECTION SCAM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL! IT IS AN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION! BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, OPRAH, BONO AND, PERHAPS, MANY OTHERS, HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO!!!,” he wrote.

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Springsteen is certainly one of Trump’s maximum high-profile and longstanding critics and was once a vocal proponent of Kamal Harris all over ultimate yr’s election marketing campaign.

During his live performance on May 14, the all-American rock superstar stated the president was once ‘undeserving‘ for place of job prior to galvanizing the group to get up and combat for democracy.

Trump fired again on Friday via hurling insults at Springsteen, announcing he was once “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,” the president wrote.

He accused Springsteen of being a “pushy, obnoxious JERK” and “dumb as a rock,” prior to fixating on his seems to be.

“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, showing to threaten Springsteen with punishment upon his go back to the U.S. after his excursion.

On Tuesday, Canadian singer Neil Young chimed in at the feud, telling Trump to concentrate on “saving America from the mess you made” as a substitute of feuding with celebrities who’ve criticized him.

During his occupation, Springsteen has challenged his target audience politically past presidential endorsements. The 1995 album The Ghost of Tom Joad bluntly documented the lives of suffering immigrants — Mexican and Vietnamese amongst them. And his 2001 music American Skin (41 Shots), criticized the capturing via New York City law enforcement officials of an unarmed Guinean immigrant named Amadou Diallo, angering one of the vital blue-collar segments of his fan base.

— with information from Global News’ Michelle Butterfield, Katie Scott and The Associated Press

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