Legendary Canadian musician Neil Younger needs U.S. President Donald Trump to cease “worrying” about what Bruce Springsteen and different celebrities consider him.
In a submit on his web site on Tuesday, Younger advised Trump he ought to concentrate on “saving America from the mess you made” as an alternative of feuding with celebrities which have criticized him, like his current feud with Springsteen.
“What are you worryin’ about man?” Younger wrote within the submit. “Bruce and 1000’s of musicians assume you might be ruining America. You are concerned about that as an alternative of the dyin’ children in Gaza. That’s your drawback.”
He continued: “I’m not fearful of you. Neither are the remainder of us. You shut down FEMA after we wanted it most. That’s your drawback Trump. STOP THINKING ABOUT WHAT ROCKERS ARE SAYING.”
Younger added that Taylor Swift “is correct” and “so is Bruce.” (Swift was a current topic of one among Trump’s Reality Social posts. He wrote: “Has anybody seen that, since I stated ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s not ‘HOT?’”)
“You understand how I really feel. You’re extra nervous about your self than AMERICA,” Younger added. “Get up Trump!! Bear in mind what the White Home is?”
“86/47?? That’s what you consider? You’re forgetting your actual job. You’re employed for us. Get up Republicans! This man is uncontrolled. We want an actual president,” Younger concluded his submit.
The phrase “86/47” is a reference to a current social media submit made by former FBI director James Comey, who wrote “cool shell formation on my seaside stroll” beneath an image of seashells that appeared to kind the shapes for “86 47.”
Quite a few Trump administration officers, together with Kristi Noem, stated Comey was advocating for the assassination of Trump, the forty seventh president. Merriam-Webster says 86 is slang which means “to throw out,” “to do away with” or “to refuse service to,” however colloquially can imply “kill.”
Younger’s submit comes after Trump escalated his feud with Springsteen over the lengthy weekend, calling for a “main investigation” into the rock legend after Springsteen branded the Trump administration as “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous” throughout a live performance in England final week.
On Might 19, Trump took to Reality Social to submit a prolonged, all-caps screed towards Springsteen and different Hollywood A-listers who endorsed Kamala Harris throughout final yr’s presidential election.
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“HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT?” Trump wrote on-line, in a message printed in the course of the night time. “WHY DID HE ACCEPT THAT MONEY IF HE IS SUCH A FAN OF HERS? ISN’T THAT A MAJOR AND ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION? WHAT ABOUT BEYONCÉ? … AND HOW MUCH WENT TO OPRAH, AND BONO???”
“I’m going to name for a significant investigation into this matter. Candidates aren’t allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, beneath the guise of paying for leisure,” the president continued in his rant. “As well as, this was a really costly and determined effort to artificially construct up her sparse crowds. IT’S NOT LEGAL! For these unpatriotic ‘entertainers,’ this was only a CORRUPT & UNLAWFUL method to capitalize on a damaged system.”
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He didn’t cease there, nonetheless. Almost eight hours later, he returned to the topic.
“In response to information studies, Beyoncé was paid $11,000,000 to stroll onto a stage, shortly ENDORSE KAMALA, and stroll off to loud booing for by no means having carried out, NOT EVEN ONE SONG!” he wrote.
“Bear in mind, the Democrats and Kamala illegally paid her hundreds of thousands of {Dollars} for doing nothing apart from giving Kamala a full throated ENDORSEMENT.
Switching again to all-caps, he concluded: “THIS IS AN ILLEGAL ELECTION SCAM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL! IT IS AN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION! BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, OPRAH, BONO AND, PERHAPS, MANY OTHERS, HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO!!!”
Springsteen, a longtime opponent of the president, stood up as one among Trump’s most outstanding cultural critics final week with a verbal takedown from a British stage.
He advised a Manchester viewers that he believes Trump is “unfit” for the Oval Workplace.
Whereas introducing his and the E Avenue Band’s music Land of Hopes and Goals, after which his present tour is known as, the 75-year-old Springsteen stated, “In my dwelling, the America I like, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is at the moment within the arms of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.”
“The final test on energy after the checks and balances of presidency have failed are the folks, you and me. It’s within the union of individuals round a standard set of values now — that’s all that stands between a democracy and authoritarianism. So on the finish of the day, all we’ve acquired is one another,” Springsteen continued later within the present.
The subsequent morning, Trump known as Springsteen extremely overrated. “By no means favored him, by no means favored his music or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a gifted man — only a pushy, obnoxious JERK,” he wrote on social media.
“This dried out prune of a rocker (his pores and skin is all atrophied) must KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT till he will get again within the Nation,” he stated.
The subsequent night time, additionally in Manchester, Springsteen repeated his criticisms.
As for Younger, this isn’t the primary time the Coronary heart of Gold singer has spoken out towards Trump.
In early April, Younger voiced concern that he will not be allowed to re-enter the US after his upcoming European tour on account of his criticism of Trump.
Younger spoke out about his fears in a submit on his Neil Younger Archives web site.
“After I go to play music in Europe, if I discuss Donald J. Trump, I could also be a type of returning to America who’s barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement ground with an aluminum blanket,” the folk-rock icon wrote.
“If I come again from Europe and am barred, can’t play my USA tour, the entire people who purchased tickets won’t be able to return to a live performance by me,” he added. “That’s proper people, for those who say something unhealthy about Trump or his administration, you might be barred from re-entering USA. If you’re Canadian. If you’re a twin citizen like me, who is aware of? We’ll all discover that out collectively.”
As Younger has completed many occasions up to now, he didn’t maintain again about his emotions on Trump in his submit, writing, “If the truth that I feel Donald Trump is the worst president within the historical past of our nice nation might cease me from coming again, what does that say for Freedom? I like America and its folks and its music and its tradition. … Bear in mind Freedom of Speech?”
— With information from International Information’ Michelle Butterfield and The Related Press
