Rock legend praises Bruce Springsteen for ‘not being afraid’ to slam Trump on stage
Credence Clearwater Revival s John Fogerty heaped praise on legendary musician Bruce Springsteen for calling out President Donald Trump in a Rolling Stone interview published Monday Fogerty praised Springsteen for speaking out against Trump and defending his values I m really proud of Bruce for just sticking up for his values and and not being afraid to voice them mentioned the Down on the Corner singer KID ROCK CALLS OUT BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S ANTI-TRUMP RANT ON EUROPEAN TOUR SAYS IT WAS A 'PUNK MOVE'Springsteen has been a vocal critic of President Trump for almost a decade now During his latest world tour the Born To Run singer has incorporated a brief anti-Trump speech into his sets where he implores audiences to recognize the president as a threat to civilization that must be resisted In my home the America I love the America I've written about that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for years is at the moment in the hands of a corrupt incompetent and treasonous administration he declared in between songs at his Manchester show in May Tonight we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience to rise with us raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring he continued elsewhere during the set adding There's certain very weird strange and dangerous s--- going on out there right now TRUMP CALLS SPRINGSTEEN 'HIGHLY OVERRATED' AFTER ROCKER LABELS HIM 'TREASONOUS' OVERSEASTrump responded to Springsteen several days later in a post on his Truth Social platform I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States 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 who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden a mentally incompetent FOOL and our WORST EVER President who came close to destroying our Country Springsteen communicated last year that he would be voting for former Vice President Kamala Harris during the presidential race CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREWhile speaking with Rolling Stone Fogerty suggested that Trump made a mistake by going after Springsteen publicly noting how President Richard Nixon chose not to publicly spar with his critics Even though they re very similar President Nixon would ve realized not to give the other side publicity by acknowledging and talking about it Cause you just make it more famous when you do that he noted The White House did not forthwith respond to a request for comment
