President Donald Trump has a lot on his plate. He hasn’t been able to end any of the wars, Congress can’t get his “big, beautiful bill” passed, and the courts keep stalling his governance-by-executive-order agenda. But for days now, the president has been obsessing over Bruce Springsteen.
Today — as Republicans in Congress slogged through an hourslong markup session on his signature budget legislation — the president woke up and posted a presumably fan-made edit of himself knocking over the “Born in the U.S.A.” singer with a golf ball.
The video spliced together a clip of Trump hitting a drive at a LIV Golf event, with a clip of Springsteen tripping onstage at a 2023 concert in Amsterdam. A golf ball was edited into the clip to make it appear as if the president’s shot had knocked Springsteen over.
The post was the latest ledger item in the ongoing feud between Trump and Springsteen, who has openly criticized the president during several concerts on his current European tour.
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“In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world’s poorest children to sickness and death,” Springsteen said earlier this month. “In my country, they’re taking sadistic pleasure in the pain they inflict on loyal American workers. They’re rolling back historic civil rights legislation that led to a more just society. They’re abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators against those who are struggling for their freedom. That’s happening now.”
At another concert in Manchester, England, the singer said that America was “in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration.”
Trump responded with characteristic rage. On Monday, the president threatened to launch an investigation into Springsteen, accusing him of having sold his endorsement for cash to Kamala Harris’ 2024 campaign.
“HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT? 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,” the president wrote.
Trump attacked Springsteen a few days earlier as the president was wrapping up his trip through the Middle East, calling him “dumb as a rock” and a “dried out ‘prune’ of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!).”
From Rolling Stone US
