{"id":142245,"date":"2025-05-16T04:44:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T04:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/16\/bruce-springsteen-scolds-trumps-treasonous-administration-at-u-k-concert-national\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T04:44:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T04:44:24","slug":"bruce-springsteen-scolds-trumps-treasonous-administration-at-u-ok-live-performance-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/16\/bruce-springsteen-scolds-trumps-treasonous-administration-at-u-ok-live-performance-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen scolds Trump\u2019s \u2018treasonous\u2019 administration at U.Ok. live performance &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/bruce-springsteen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a> instructed concertgoers what he considered U.S. President <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> throughout a present within the U.Ok. earlier this week, revealing to the group throughout a tirade of scathing remarks that he believed the person within the Oval Office was \u201cunfit\u201d for his position.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The legendary artist, revered for his socially aware lyricism and talent to replicate a quintessentially American expertise via music, stated Trump\u2019s America not represents the place he sings about, he instructed the viewers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tBruce Springsteen (R) and Max Weinberg carry out throughout the first night time of his the Land of Hopes and Dreams tour at Co-op Live on May 14, 2025 in Manchester, England.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tShirlaine Forrest \/ Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>While introducing his and the E Street Band\u2019s music <em>Land of Hopes and Dreams<\/em>, after which his present tour is known as, the 75-year-old Springsteen stated, \u201cIn my home, the America I love, the America I\u2019ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National information<\/h2>\n<p>For information impacting Canada and all over the world, join breaking information alerts delivered on to you after they occur.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Springsteen\u2019s criticisms continued because the night progressed.<\/p>\n<p>Before enjoying<em> House of a Thousand Guitars<\/em>, he stated: \u201cThe last check on power after the checks and balances of government have failed are the people, you and me. It\u2019s in the union of people around a common set of values now that\u2019s all that stands between a democracy and authoritarianism. So at the end of the day, all we\u2019ve got is each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before performing<em> My City of Ruins<\/em>, he delivered an extended monologue:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn America, they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. This is happening now\u2026 in America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world\u2019s poorest children to sickness and death. This is happening now,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_miniplayer\">\n<section id=\"miniplayer_6826be627338e-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 3 videos.\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__inner\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__featured\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"true\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_6826be627338e\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"10876109\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/playlist\/10876109,10830747,10878297\/?poster=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fmedia.globalnews.ca%2Fvideostatic%2Fnews%2Fwga3jjai0i-tz4a9n0bdq%2FWEB_CONCERT.jpg%3Fw%3D1200%26%23038%3Bquality%3D70%26%23038%3Bstrip%3Dall#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_6826be627338e\" data-displayinline-playlist=\"10876109,10830747,10878297\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Bruce Springsteen fans hope to reignite \u2018Glory Days\u2019 at Vancouver concert'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/wga3jjai0i-tz4a9n0bdq\/WEB_CONCERT.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/wga3jjai0i-tz4a9n0bdq\/WEB_CONCERT.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/wga3jjai0i-tz4a9n0bdq\/WEB_CONCERT.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/wga3jjai0i-tz4a9n0bdq\/WEB_CONCERT.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">2:20<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Bruce Springsteen followers hope to reignite \u2018Glory Days\u2019 at Vancouver live performance<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__glide glide \">\n<div class=\"glide__arrows c-carousel__buttons l-videoCarousel__buttons\" data-glide-el=\"controls\">\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--left c-carousel__button c-carousel__prev l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__prev c-longform-gallery__prev\" data-glide-dir=\"&lt;\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Previous Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--right c-carousel__button c-carousel__next l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__next c-longform-gallery__next\" data-glide-dir=\"&gt;\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Next Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-carousel__goto\" data-glide-dir=\"=0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<!-- video stream item --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He laid into the Trump administration for inflicting ache on \u201cloyal\u201d American employees, trampling over entrenched civil rights and making enemies of storied allies whereas shaking fingers with dictators.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11179411\/gregor-robertson-home-prices-canada\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gregor-Robertson.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Should home prices go down? \u2019No,\u2019 says Canada\u2019s new housing minister\" data-title=\"\">Should residence costs go down? \u2019No,\u2019 says Canada\u2019s new housing minister<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11179437\/missing-nova-scotia-children-online-theories-legal-action\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1171.jpeg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"How posting theories about 2 missing N.S. kids online could land you in legal trouble\" data-title=\"\">How posting theories about 2 lacking N.S. children on-line may land you in authorized bother<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cThey are abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators against those struggling for their freedom. They are defunding American universities that won\u2019t bow down to their ideological demands,\u201d he stated to a packed auditorium.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tBruce Springsteen and The E Street Band carry out throughout the first night time of his the Land of Hopes and Dreams tour at Co-op Live on May 14, 2025 in Manchester, England.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tShirlaine Forrest \/ Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>He additionally rebuked Trump for his removing of overseas nationals and basic disregard for the legislation, and referred to as on elected representatives to do extra to halt the president\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are removing residents off American streets and, without due process of law, are deporting them to foreign detention centres and prisons. This is all happening now,\u201d the musician stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA majority of our elected representatives have failed to protect the American people from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government. They have no concern or idea of what it means to be deeply American,\u201d he went on, earlier than hearkening again to the America he as soon as sang of, saying that nation was \u201creal\u201d however not with out fault.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll survive this moment,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, I have hope, because I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said. He said, \u2018In this world, there isn\u2019t as much humanity as one would like, but there\u2019s enough.\u2019 Let\u2019s pray.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Entertainment<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More movies<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Bruce Springsteen instructed concertgoers what he considered U.S. President Donald Trump throughout a present within the U.Ok. earlier this week, revealing to the group throughout a tirade of scathing remarks that he believed the person within the Oval Office was \u201cunfit\u201d for his position. 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