Bruce Springsteen unleashed a foul-mouthed rant against Donald Trump, calling his administration ‘incompetent, racist and reckless’ as he kicked off his tour in Minneapolis.
The singer, 76, has appeared frequently in the city to protest the Trump and his White House staffers following the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, including writing a song called ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ inspired by their killings.
Springsteen, long an outspoken liberal, sounded off on Trump and what he called ‘dangerous times’ as he took the stage at Target Center to launch his Land of Hope and Dreams Tour.
‘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,’
he said to cheers.
‘The Boss’ then asked his audience to join him and the E Street Band in condemning the Trump administration. He told the crowd,
‘Choosing hope over fear, democracy over authoritarianism, the rule of law over lawlessness, ethics over unbridled corruption, resistance over complacency, unity over division and peace over…’
Springsteen and the band finished the spiel by performing a cover of Edwin Starr’s ‘War,’ which the New Jersey native has been using to protest Republicans going as far back as Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. The band included Tom Morello, the guitar player for left-wing 1990s rockers Rage Against the Machine who has played occasionally with the E Street Band since 2008.
Bruce Springsteen went on a rant against Donald Trump, calling his administration ‘incompetent, racist and reckless’ as he kicked off his tour in Minneapolis Trump and his administration have been protested by Springsteen, who wrote ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ following the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti Springsteen then immediately jumped in to one of his biggest hits, ‘Born in the USA,’ a song consistently misinterpreted by politicians of all stripes.
It came just days after Springsteen led the lineup at the Minneapolis-St. Paul branch of the No Kings rallies taking place in cities across America on Saturday. The events were set up to express left-wing opposition to various Trump administration policies, including the ICE raids and the Iran War.
Minneapolis was a nexus of anti-ICE demonstrations at the start of this year, with outrage against the government intensifying after two protestors – Alex Pretti and Renee Good – were killed in encounters with federal law enforcement. Springsteen, a longtime Democrat who opened Joe Biden’s inauguration special and has been a vociferous critic of Donald Trump, released a song on January called Streets of Minneapolis as a reaction to the bloodshed.
He performed the song this Saturday during the rally held the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, which is one of the ‘Twin Cities’ along with neighboring Minneapolis.
‘Well, this past winter, federal troops brought death and terror to the streets of Minneapolis.
Thanks STEPHEN M. LEPORE, US SENIOR REPORTER of the Daily Mail