Bruce Springsteen isn’t letting go of his war of words with Donald Trump. In a new profile for The New York Times, Springsteen said the president is a “moron,” but only partially responsible for the “tragic” state of America. “I think that it was the combination of the deindustrialization of the country and then the incredible increase in wealth disparity that left so many people behind. It was ripe for a demagogue,” Springsteen told the Times. “While I can’t believe it was this moron that came along, he fit the bill for some people. But what we’ve been living through in the last 70 days is things that we all said, ‘This can’t happen here.’ ‘This will never happen in America.’ And here we are.” He added, “It’s an American tragedy.” Springsteen has been taking every opportunity to rip Trump during his “Land of Hopes and Dreams” tour, which he opened by calling him a “treasonous” president who’s “persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent.” Trump eagerly fueled the verbal sparring match from his Truth Social account, calling Springsteen a “dried up prune” who “ought to keep his mouth shut.” Springsteen continued to drag the president on stage and in his “Land of Hopes and Dreams” EP, however, with the full public support of several rock legends—as Trump posted a doctored video of himself whacking the rocker with a golf ball.
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