There’s a war of words between President Trump and Bruce Springsteen following his tour kickoff show in Minneapolis earlier this week.
On stage at Target Center in Minneapolis, Bruce Springsteen slammed the Trump administration.
"America is now in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless, a treasonous administration," Springsteen told his audience.
He then asked the crowd to choose “unity over division and peace over war.”
The President came firing back on social media Thursday morning, calling Springsteen “a bad and boring singer” with “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
The president then urged Americans to boycott Springsteen, going on to say in all caps," MAGA SHOULD BOYCOTT HIS OVERPRICED CONCETS, WHICH SUCK. SAVE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY. AMERICA IS BACK!!!"
Springsteen kicked off his “Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour” at the packed Target Center with a show that lasted just shy of three hours, with no intermission. He previously honored the city’s residents in song for their courage in standing up against the estimated 3,000 federal officers that President Donald Trump’s administration sent in what it called its largest immigration enforcement action anywhere in the country.
“We are here in celebration and defense of our American ideals," Springsteen said. "Democracy, our Constitution and our sacred American promise, the America that I love, the America that I’ve written about for 50 years, that’s been a beacon of hope and liberty around the world, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless, and treasonous administration.”
After Springsteen and the E Street Band launched into “Born in the U.S.A.” and a few other fan favorites, he stood alone at center stage with just a quiet accompaniment for “Streets of Minneapolis," a song he penned in January amid the nationwide outcry over the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers. Thousands of audience members held their lit-up phones aloft in tribute.
After E Streeters including Steve Van Zandt and Max Weinberg joined in, Springsteen led fans in four chants of the song's signature line, “ICE Out Now,” as the house lights came up.
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Springsteen played a solo version of “Streets of Minneapolis" Saturday during the national flagship “No Kings” rally at the state Capitol in St. Paul. On Tuesday night, he repeated his statement: “The solidarity of the people of Minneapolis, of Minnesota, was an inspiration to the entire country.”
“We’ll take our stand for this land/And the stranger in our midst/We’ll remember the names of those who died/On the streets of Minneapolis,” he sang.
Springsteen later delivered a soliloquy lamenting the state of the country and the world, using it as a lead-in to “My City of Ruins.”
