‘You work for us:’ Neil Young takes purpose at Trump in Bruce Springsteen feud – National | Globalnews.ca

Legendary Canadian musician Neil Young needs U.S. President Donald Trump to forestall “worrying” about what Bruce Springsteen and different celebrities call to mind him.

In a submit on his website online on Tuesday, Young informed Trump he will have to center of attention on “saving America from the mess you made” as a substitute of feuding with celebrities that experience criticized him, like his fresh feud with Springsteen.

“What are you worryin’ about man?” Young wrote within the submit. “Bruce and thousands of musicians think you are ruining America. You worry about that instead of the dyin’ kids in Gaza. That’s your problem.”

He endured: “I am not scared of you. Neither are the rest of us. You shut down FEMA when we needed it most. That’s your problem Trump. STOP THINKING ABOUT WHAT ROCKERS ARE SAYING.”

Young added that Taylor Swift “is right” and “so is Bruce.” (Swift was once a contemporary topic of considered one of Trump’s Truth Social posts. He wrote: “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’”)

“You know how I feel. You are more worried about yourself than AMERICA,” Young added. “Wake up Trump!! Remember what the White House is?”

“86/47?? That’s what you think about? You are forgetting your real job. You work for us. Wake up Republicans! This guy is out of control. We need a real president,” Young concluded his submit.

The word “86/47” is a reference to a contemporary social media submit made through former FBI director James Comey, who wrote “cool shell formation on my beach walk” underneath an image of seashells that seemed to shape the shapes for “86 47.”

Numerous Trump management officers, together with Kristi Noem, mentioned Comey was once advocating for the assassination of Trump, the 47th president. Merriam-Webster says 86 is slang which means “to throw out,” “to get rid of” or “to refuse service to,” however colloquially can imply “kill.”

Young’s submit comes after Trump escalated his feud with Springsteen over the lengthy weekend, calling for a “major investigation” into the rock legend after Springsteen branded the Trump management as “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous” all through a live performance in England remaining week.

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

On May 19, Trump took to Truth Social to submit a long, all-caps screed towards Springsteen and different Hollywood A-listers who recommended Kamala Harris all through remaining 12 months’s presidential election.

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“HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT?” Trump wrote on-line, in a message printed in the midst of the night time. “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???”

“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,” the president endured in his rant. “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.”

He didn’t prevent there, alternatively. Nearly 8 hours later, he returned to the topic.

“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!” he wrote.

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

Switching back to all-caps, he concluded: “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!!!”

Springsteen, an established opponent of the president, stood up as considered one of Trump’s maximum outstanding cultural critics remaining week with a verbal takedown from a British degree.

He informed a Manchester target market that he believes Trump is “unfit” for the Oval Office.

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.”

“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,” Springsteen endured later within the display.

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Kamala Harris rallies with Obama and Springsteen

The subsequent morning, Trump known as Springsteen extremely puffed up. “Never liked him, never liked his music or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy — just a pushy, obnoxious JERK,” he wrote on social media.

“This dried out prune of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back in the Country,” he mentioned.

The subsequent night time, additionally in Manchester, Springsteen repeated his criticisms.

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Neil Young writes Trump open letter after U.S. president continues to make use of his song

As for Young, this isn’t the primary time the Heart of Gold singer has spoken out towards Trump.

In early April, Young voiced fear that he will not be allowed to re-enter the United States after his upcoming European excursion because of his grievance of Trump.

Young spoke out about his fears in a submit on his Neil Young Archives website online.

“When I go to play music in Europe, if I talk about Donald J. Trump, I may be one of those returning to America who is barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement floor with an aluminum blanket,” the folk-rock icon wrote.

“If I come back from Europe and am barred, can’t play my USA tour, all of the folks who bought tickets will not be able to come to a concert by me,” he added. “That’s right folks, if you say anything bad about Trump or his administration, you may be barred from re-entering USA. If you are Canadian. If you are a dual citizen like me, who knows? We’ll all find that out together.”

As Young has accomplished repeatedly up to now, he didn’t cling again about his emotions on Trump in his submit, writing, “If the fact that I think Donald Trump is the worst president in the history of our great country could stop me from coming back, what does that say for Freedom? I love America and its people and its music and its culture. … Remember Freedom of Speech?”

— With information from Global News’ Michelle Butterfield and The Associated Press