U.S. President Donald Trump has as soon as once more escalated his feud with legendary rock star Bruce Springsteen, this time within the type of a digitally altered video.
Last week, the president referred to as for an investigation into Springsteen after the singer condemned the actions of the U.S. administration throughout a live performance within the U.Okay. a number of days prior, the place he accused the American authorities of being “corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous.”
On Thursday, following quite a few social media-driven jabs at Springsteen and different outspoken superstar Democrats, Trump retaliated additional by sharing a doctored video of himself hitting Springsteen with a golf ball on his X and Truth Social accounts.
The clip exhibits Trump, a golf fanatic, on a golf course teeing up. After hitting a shot, the footage cuts to Springsteen on a stage, his again to the digital camera, being struck on the again with a digitally-imposed golf ball, and tripping over.
There was no caption accompanying the video.
Trump’s newest dressing down of the storied musician got here days after a late-night spout from America’s commander-in-chief.
On Monday, forward of a gathering with Vladimir Putin, Trump took to Truth Social to share a rambling tirade directed at Springsteen and different Hollywood A-listers who endorsed his presidential opponent Kamala Harris.
“HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT?” Trump wrote, “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???, ” he continued.
“I am going to call for a major investigation into this matter. Candidates aren’t allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of paying for entertainment,” he went on.
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“In addition, this was a very expensive and desperate effort to artificially build up her sparse crowds. IT’S NOT LEGAL! For these unpatriotic ‘entertainers,’ this was just a CORRUPT & UNLAWFUL way to capitalize on a broken system,” the president concluded.
About eight hours later, he took to social media once more.
“According to news reports, Beyoncé was paid $11,000,000 to walk onto a stage, quickly ENDORSE KAMALA, and walk off to loud booing for never having performed, NOT EVEN ONE SONG!” Trump wrote.
“Remember, the Democrats and Kamala illegally paid her millions of Dollars for doing nothing other than giving Kamala a full throated ENDORSEMENT.”
Transitioning to full caps, the president rounded off his hours-long rant.
“THIS IS AN ILLEGAL ELECTION SCAM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL! IT IS AN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION! BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, OPRAH, BONO AND, PERHAPS, MANY OTHERS, HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO!!!,” he wrote.
Springsteen is considered one of Trump’s most high-profile and longstanding critics and was a vocal proponent of Kamal Harris throughout final yr’s election marketing campaign.
During his live performance on May 14, the all-American rock star stated the president was ‘unfit‘ for workplace earlier than galvanizing the gang to face up and combat for democracy.
Trump fired again on Friday by hurling insults at Springsteen, saying he was “Highly Overrated” and “not a talented guy.”
“I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy,” the president wrote.
He accused Springsteen of being a “pushy, obnoxious JERK” and “dumb as a rock,” earlier than fixating on his seems to be.
“This dried out ‘prune’ of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country,” the president wrote, showing to threaten Springsteen with punishment upon his return to the U.S. after his tour.
On Tuesday, Canadian singer Neil Young chimed in on the feud, telling Trump to concentrate on “saving America from the mess you made” as a substitute of feuding with celebrities who’ve criticized him.
During his profession, Springsteen has challenged his viewers politically past presidential endorsements. The 1995 album The Ghost of Tom Joad bluntly documented the lives of struggling immigrants — Mexican and Vietnamese amongst them. And his 2001 track American Skin (41 Shots), criticized the taking pictures by New York City law enforcement officials of an unarmed Guinean immigrant named Amadou Diallo, angering among the blue-collar segments of his fan base.
— with information from Global News’ Michelle Butterfield, Katie Scott and The Associated Press
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