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Topics: Donald Trump, Music, Politics, Jimmy Kimmel
Callum Jones
Topics: Donald Trump, Music, Politics, Jimmy Kimmel
Bruce Springsteen has sent a scathing message to Donald Trump which certainly cements his position as one of the president's biggest critics.
The music star has been critical of Trump in the past, calling out the POTUS' stance on immigration and the work ICE has been doing in the country since Trump returned to office in January.
Speaking about the state of America during one of his concerts earlier this year, Springsteen said: "Now, there's some very weird, strange and dangerous s**t going on out there right now. 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."
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The singer appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week, where he laid a subtle dig at the current state of US politics.
"Bruce, you have been .. I think you have spoken very beautifully, I think, about the state of this country and the world, and I was wondering .. if you had anything positive to share with us, to inspire us? Because not too many people do," Kimmel asked the 76-year-old.
Springsteen replied: "Oh man, you put me on the spot now. 50 years I've been kind of a musical ambassador for America around the world and I played, you know .. I have this song, Land of Hope and Dreams, which is kind of a prayer to the country and I've played it, we've played it every night to, like I said, millions of people.
"And I know for a fact that that's how many people around the world still see our country. Not as a land of fear, not as a land of divisiveness, not of government censorship, you know, not of hatred, you know. And I basically believe that that's an America that's worth fighting for."
Trump and Springsteen have even been exchanging jabs on social media in recent times, with the 'Dancing in the Dark' hitmaker slamming the Trump administration as 'corrupt and incompetent' during a concert in Manchester last month.
"If Congress had any guts, he’d be consigned to the trash heap of history," Springsteen added.
"I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States," Trump said in response on Truth Social.