Bruce Springsteen issued sharp criticism of the Trump administration in the opening show of his British tour, accusing his authoritarianism officials, retreating civil rights and illegal deportations.
Springsteen, 75, an outstanding liberal who has long supported the democratic presidential candidates, including former vice president Kamala Harris, made the comments in a concert in Manchester, England, Wednesday that was the first on his tour “Land of Hope and Dreams”.
“The Mighty E Street Band is here tonight to resort to the fair power of art, music, rock ‘n’ roll in dangerous times,” he said he roared the crowd.
“In my house, the America that I love, the America I have written, which has been a lighthouse of hope and freedom for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treacherous administration.”
Springsteen then asked the supporters of democracy to “raise their voices against authoritarianism and let freedom sound!” Before starting the show.
Later in the performance, he described what he saw that happened in the United States under President Donald Trump.
“They are chasing people for using their right to freedom of expression and expressing their dissent,” Springsteen said in their comments, a transcription and a video that were then published on their website and YouTube channel.
He also accused the Trump administration of “abandoning the poorest children in the world of illness and death” and “enjoying a sadistic pleasure for pain inflicting from American workers loyal.”
“They are retreating the historical legislation of civil rights that led to a more just and plural society,” said Springsteen. “They are abandoning our great allies and set aside with dictators against those who fight for their freedom.”
“They are disagreeing American universities who will not bow to their ideological demands. They are eliminating residents of US streets and, without due legal process, deport them to detention centers and foreign prisons.”
Springsteen also said that most of the elected representatives had not been able to protect the Americans “from the abuses of an unproven president and a dishonest government.”
Even so, he said: “America that I have sung for 50 years is real, and regardless of its failures it is a great country with great people.”
“So we will survive at this time,” he added.
The White House said in a statement that “the 77 million Americans who chose President Trump disagreed with elitist celebrities and out of contact as Bruce Springsteen. Bruce is welcome to stay abroad while working Americans enjoy a safe border and refreshing inflation thanks to President Trump.”
This is not the first time that Springsteen publicly criticized Trump, calling him “a flagrant toxic narcissistic” before his choice in 2016.
Springsteen is known by the albums that American ideals celebrate and critically examine, especially his 1984 “Born in the USA” album, in which he criticized the Vietnam War and the subsequent treatment of US veterans.
He is ready to debut 83 unpublished songs at the end of June, 74 of which the public had never heard before.
