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Springsteen Says Current Political Climate Is “An American Tragedy”
Bruce Springsteen says he feels disconnected from today’s politics, calling the current social and economic climate in the US “an American tragedy.”
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- Bruce Springsteen, in an interview with The Sunday Times, criticized the Trump administration, calling the current political climate an “American tragedy.”
- The author, a self-proclaimed Springsteen fan and early Trump supporter, expresses confusion over Springsteen’s stance, citing Trump’s policies on immigration, the economy and foreign affairs.
- The author argues that Springsteen’s own music and lyrics seemingly align with Trump’s actions and policies.
- The author questions Springsteen’s criticism of Trump, suggesting he should be a supporter.
Rocker Bruce Springsteen has reignited his long-standing feud with President Donald Trump, speaking to the U.K.-based The Sunday Times, saying that what’s happening now is “an American tragedy.”
He also added, “The pure incompetence of [the administration] may carry the seeds of its own destruction … I haven’t lived through a time like this” in all his 75 years.
What I find odd about Bruce’s perspective is that we have just come off four years of the Biden administration’s open border policy that allowed up to 20 million unvetted migrants to cross the border — during a pandemic, no less — some of whom were murderers, rapists, gangsters and even terrorists, into our country. To me and to any other reasonable, sane person, that was the biggest unforced error imaginable of an American tragedy, yet Springsteen never uttered a word about the pure incompetence of the Biden administration.
What I find even odder is that Springsteen often likes to let his music do the talking for him, and a lot of it can be found in his current European tour’s setlist.
Bruce Springsteen’s music should do the talking on Trump
For example, Springsteen features his great song “No Surrender” as an opener designed to set the tone of his concert. The final stanza of the song goes like this:
“Now on the street tonightThe lights grow dimThe walls of my room are closing inThere’s a war outside still ragin’You say it ain’t ours anymore to win …We made a promiseWe swore we’d always rememberNo retreat, baby,No surrender.”
After watching Trump overcome two impeachments, multiple legal cases and lawsuits, polls designed to damage his popularity, and an assassination attempt, I can’t help but ask myself how Springsteen doesn’t marvel at Trump’s resiliency and, in light of the greatest political comeback of all time, dedicate this song to him. It also makes me wonder how Springsteen isn’t a big fan of Trump’s.
Moreover, in another Springsteen song, “The River” — another all-time classic that premiered during the 1979 Carter-era “No Nukes” concerts — Springsteen sings the lyrical line:
“I got a job working constructionFor the Johnstown companyBut lately there ain’t been much workOn account of the economy.”
After writing a line like this, how does Springsteen not fawn over Trump when he actually lived up to his self-prophecy of being “The greatest jobs president that God ever created”? How does Bruce not revere Trump’s ascending to the presidency as an answered prayer to the common working man he allegedly represents?
And with Trump’s most recent bombing campaign of Iran, how does Springsteen not dedicate the Bob Dylan song “Chimes of Freedom” to him in hopes that he’ll finish the job of overthrowing the oppressive Iranian regime and deliver deserved and cherished freedom to the people of Iran?
Speaking of Iran, Springsteen composed his 2002 album, “The Rising,” from the “emotions in the air” in the wake of the devastating 9/11 terrorist attack that rocked the United States.
Being that Trump has clearly telegraphed to the world that he has learned the bitter lesson of 9/11 and neutralized these threats before they metastasize on our shores, how is Bruce not pumped on Trump’s preemptive strikes against the Iranian nuclear program? Thanks to Trump, Springsteen doesn’t have to make a “The Rising II” sequel album, assuming he would even survive the “Death to America” nuclear terrorist attack that Iran has been threatening since Springsteen’s 1984-85 “Born in the USA” tour.
Springsteen should like Trump: It makes no sense to me that he doesn’t
As you can probably tell, I possess extensive encyclopedic knowledge of both Springsteen and Trump. And for the life of me, it makes absolutely no sense that Springsteen is not a big fan of Trump’s and one of his most ardent financial supporters. And yet here he is criticizing him from afar on foreign soil.
As Springsteen once famously said, “Trust the art, not the artist.” He also once warned his audience about having “blind faith” in our leaders, as it could ultimately “get you killed.”
Looking objectively at Springsteen’s irrational antagonistic behavior against Trump when he should, in fact, be a staunch ally, I can’t help but warn people not to trust this artist and not to put your blind faith in him.
Eugene R. Dunn, a resident of Medford, New York, is a fan of Bruce Springsteen’s music and career while also being the very first financial contributor to President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement.
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