{"id":142741,"date":"2025-05-20T18:49:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/donald-trump-escalates-feud-with-bruce-springsteen-calls-for-investigation-national\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T18:49:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:49:35","slug":"donald-trump-escalates-feud-with-bruce-springsteen-requires-investigation-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/donald-trump-escalates-feud-with-bruce-springsteen-requires-investigation-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump escalates feud with Bruce Springsteen, requires investigation &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>U.S. President <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> escalated his <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11183881\/bruce-springsteen-donald-trump-jerk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">feud<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/bruce-springsteen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a> over the lengthy weekend, calling for a \u201cmajor investigation\u201d into the rock legend after Springsteen branded the Trump administration as \u201ccorrupt, incompetent and treasonous\u201d throughout a live performance in England final week.<\/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>Early Monday, as Trump was getting ready to satisfy with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he took to Truth Social to put up a prolonged, all-caps screed towards Springsteen and different Hollywood A-listers who endorsed Kamala Harris throughout final yr\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT?\u201d Trump wrote on-line, in a message revealed in the course of the night time. \u201cWHY DID HE ACCEPT THAT MONEY IF HE IS SUCH A FAN OF HERS? ISN\u2019T THAT A MAJOR AND ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION? WHAT ABOUT BEYONC\u00c9? \u2026 AND HOW MUCH WENT TO OPRAH, AND BONO???\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am going to call for a major investigation into this matter. Candidates aren\u2019t allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of paying for entertainment,\u201d the president continued in his rant. \u201cIn addition, this was a very expensive and desperate effort to artificially build up her sparse crowds. IT\u2019S NOT LEGAL! For these unpatriotic \u2018entertainers,\u2019 this was just a CORRUPT &amp; UNLAWFUL way to capitalize on a broken system.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--contained\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__imageWrapper c-imageContainer\" style=\"max-height:432px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-figure__image\" alt=\"A screengrab of Donald Trump's Truth Social post.\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/trump-screed.png?w=12&amp;h=12&amp;crop=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/trump-screed.png\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/trump-screed.png?w=450 450w,https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/trump-screed.png 720w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 520px) 720px,450px\" width=\"597\" height=\"432\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t@actualDonaldTrump \/ Truth Social\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\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>He didn\u2019t cease there, nonetheless. Nearly eight hours later, he returned to the topic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to news reports, Beyonc\u00e9 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!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember, the Democrats and Kamala illegally paid her thousands and thousands of Dollars for doing nothing aside from giving Kamala a full throated ENDORSEMENT.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Switching again to all-caps, he concluded: \u201cTHIS 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!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--contained\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__imageWrapper c-imageContainer\" style=\"max-height:322px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-figure__image\" alt=\"A screengrab of Donald Trump's Truth Social rant.\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/trump-screed-2.png?w=12&amp;h=12&amp;crop=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/trump-screed-2.png\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/trump-screed-2.png?w=450 450w,https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/trump-screed-2.png 720w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 520px) 720px,450px\" width=\"602\" height=\"322\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t@actualDonaldTrump \/ Truth Socila\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>None of Trump\u2019s claims have been substantiated.<\/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, a longtime opponent of the president, stood up as one in every of Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11181248\/bruce-springsteen-donald-trump-concert-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most outstanding cultural critics<\/a> final week with a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11183881\/bruce-springsteen-donald-trump-jerk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">verbal takedown from a British stage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He informed a Manchester viewers that he believes <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11181248\/bruce-springsteen-donald-trump-concert-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump is \u201cunfit\u201d for the Oval Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While introducing his and the E Street Band\u2019s track <em>Land of Hopes and Dreams<\/em>, after which his present tour is known as, the 75-year-old Springsteen mentioned, \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 under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\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 \u2014 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 Springsteen continued later within the present.<\/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\/11186943\/canada-post-workers-strike-notice-may-2025\/\" 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\/645a0e071883e159d231de3357aef645c0ee57182ddb739634d174d0371321ae_1b3b7a.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=\"Canada Post workers issue strike notice for May 23\" data-title=\"\">Canada Post staff subject strike discover for May 23<\/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\/11187424\/canada-april-inflation-data-carbon-price-removal-impact\/\" 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\/6765b33189ba092bd5e3b96afcbfc1f470ac487109372c9c9978adc8a2579616.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=\"Inflation cooled in April, but \u2018the devil is in the details\u2019, says experts\" data-title=\"\">Inflation cooled in April, however \u2018the devil is in the details\u2019, says consultants<\/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>In reply, Trump later <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11183881\/bruce-springsteen-donald-trump-jerk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bashed The Boss<\/a> as \u201cHighly Overrated\u201d and \u201cnot a talented guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social. \u201cNever liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he\u2019s not a talented guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He went on to accuse Springsteen of being a \u201cpushy, obnoxious JERK\u201d and \u201cdumb as a rock,\u201d earlier than zeroing in on his look.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis dried out \u2018prune\u2019 of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country,\u201d the president wrote, seeming to threaten Springsteen with penalties when he returns to U.S. soil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we\u2019ll all see how it goes for him!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Springsteen endorsed Harris final fall, a few month earlier than the election, suggesting Trump ought to have been disqualified from operating attributable to his \u201cdisdain for the sanctity of our constitution, the sanctity of democracy, the sanctity of the rule of law, and the sanctity of the peaceful transfer of power.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Springsteen isn\u2019t new to this recreation<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s not the primary time Springsteen has spoken out towards Trump \u2014 or a Republican president.<\/p>\n<p>When former president Ronald Reagan referenced Springsteen\u2019s \u201cmessage of hope\u201d at a marketing campaign cease through the peak of the rocker\u2019s <em>Born within the USA<\/em> recognition, Springsteen puzzled if Reagan had listened to his music and its references to these left behind within the Nineteen Eighties financial system.<\/p>\n<p>He additionally has had an often bumpy relationship with one-time Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, a fan of his music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\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 performs through the first night time of \u2018The Land of Hopes and Dreams\u2019 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>Springsteen has campaigned for Trump\u2019s opponents, together with Harris final fall. In 2020, he mentioned that \u201ca good portion of our fine country, to my eye, has been thoroughly hypnotized, brainwashed by a con man from Queens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his profession, Springsteen has challenged his viewers politically past presidential endorsements. The 1995 album <em>The Ghost of Tom Joad<\/em> bluntly documented the lives of struggling immigrants \u2014 Mexican and Vietnamese amongst them. 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