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Bruce Springsteen criticized President Donald Trump for a portion of the first night of his tour.
In the opening seconds of the performance, the Boss announced to the Manchester, England, audience from the Co-Op Live stage, “The mighty E Street Band is here tonight to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock and roll, in dangerous times.” “A corrupt, inept, and treacherous government today controls the America I love, the America I’ve written about, and the America that has been a ray of hope and liberty for 250 years in my house. We invite everyone who values democracy and the best tonight to
Watch him talk on video that a concertgoer took.
Later in his set, Springsteen revisited the topic.
Before performing the 2002 song “My City of Ruins,” he stated, “In America, the richest men are taking pleasure in abandoning the world’s poorest children to sickness and death,” according to Billboard. Additionally, they are reversing historic civil rights laws that created a more moral and just society in my nation, taking sadistic joy in the suffering they cause to devoted American workers. They are turning their backs on our powerful allies and supporting autocrats in their fight for independence.
Springsteen’s long been opposed to Trump. Last October, he endorsed Trump’s opponent, Kamala Harris, over Trump for president. He also called him “the most dangerous candidate for president in my lifetime.”
“Perhaps not since the Civil War has this great country felt as politically, spiritually, and emotionally divided as it does than at this moment,” he added. “It doesn’t have to be this way.”
The artist behind songs such as “Born in the U.S.A,” “The River,” and “My Hometown” said he was standing behind the Democratic candidates for president and vice president, because their policies mirror the “vision of America [he’s] been consistently writing about for 55 years.”