Springsteen Denounces Trump; Trump Attacks on Truth Social

Bruce Springsteen told Time he 'couldn't care less' what President Trump thinks, calling him 'the living personification' of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for and saying if Congress had 'any guts' Trump would be 'consigned to the trash heap of history.' He used the May kickoff of his Land of Hope & Dreams tour in Manchester to denounce the administration as 'corrupt, incompetent and treasonous' and urged democracy supporters to raise their voices, warning that many Americans are comfortable with a politics of power and dominance. Trump responded on Truth Social with personal attacks — calling Springsteen 'overrated,' 'dumb as a rock,' 'a jerk' and a 'dried out prune' — and promoted debunked claims about illegal election payments tied to campaign appearances. Springsteen said he was unfazed, accused Trump of caring only for himself and multibillionaires, and continued to call for resistance to authoritarianism. Reporters have noted Springsteen's shift from earlier ambivalence to using performances as a political platform, while conservative outlets criticized his repeated calls for impeachment.