Trump Calls for Boycott of Bruce Springsteen, Labels Him a "Dried Up Prune"
President Donald Trump has urged his supporters to steer clear of Bruce Springsteen, referring to the legendary musician as “a dried up prune” and denouncing the high cost of his concert tickets.
On Thursday morning, Trump unleashed a 117-word tirade on Truth Social, targeting the New Jersey native with whom he has had a contentious relationship for years.
“Bad, and very boring singer, Bruce Springsteen, who looks like a dried up prune who has suffered greatly from the work of a really bad plastic surgeon, has long had a horrible and incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome,” Trump stated. “The guy is a total loser who spews hate against a President who won a Landslide Election,” he continued. “MAGA SHOULD BOYCOTT HIS OVERPRICED CONCERTS, WHICH SUCK. SAVE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY.”
This ongoing feud between Trump and Springsteen stretches back over a decade. In 2012, prior to his political career, Trump took to social media to criticize Springsteen multiple times.
“Why would Ohio listen to Bruce Springsteen reading his lines? Be careful or I will go to Ohio and @MittRomney will win it,” he tweeted after Springsteen performed at a rally for then-President Barack Obama.
Fast forward to September 2016, just two months before the election, when Springsteen labeled Trump a “moron” in Rolling Stone, expressing concerns about the state of democracy in America and endorsing Hillary Clinton.
Since then, the “Born to Run” artist has been vocal in his opposition to Trump, describing his administration as “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous” last May.
The following day, Trump responded on Truth Social: “Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy — Just a pushy, obnoxious JERK.”
In late May, Trump even shared an AI-generated video depicting him hitting Springsteen with a golf ball.
Earlier this week, Springsteen kicked off a tour in Minneapolis, honoring the city’s protests against Trump’s immigration policies. “The power and the solidarity of the people of Minneapolis, of Minnesota, was an inspiration to the entire country,” he told a crowd of “No Kings” protestors in St. Paul on March 29. “Your strength and your commitment told us that this is still America, and this reactionary nightmare, and these invasions of American cities will not stand.”
