While big corporate media are falling all over themselves trying to placate Trump, one guy says “Nope, won’t do it.” Bruce Springsteen.
The head of CBS News and the producer of “60 Minutes” quit rather than agree to settle with Trump, who sued “60 Minutes” for $10 billion for editing its interview with Kamala Harris. Trump called it election interference but he surely knows that interviews are always edited down. Besides, he won the election, so how was he “damaged”? Shari Redstone, who is the CEO of Paramount Global, which owns CBS, needs federal approval for a corporate merger that will net her billions. Will she stand up to Trump? Not likely.
Brian Stelter of CNN reported that The Boss is not afraid of Trump. Trump is going nuts. He thinks he should be able to intimidate everyone.
‘No retreat, baby, no surrender’
Andrew Kirell writes: Bruce Springsteen has no surrender. For the first two nights of his Europe 2025 tour, Bruce delivered scripted remarks railing against a “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous” Trump administration. And after both shows, he was the subject of Trump’s fury on social media. Following the first night, Trump called the Boss a “dried out prune” and demanded he “KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT.” After the second show, the president threatened a “major investigation” into Springsteen (and Beyoncé and Oprah Winfreyand Bono).
Last night in Manchester, England, Springsteen went for round three. He did not mention Trump’s tirade; instead, he repeated the speeches verbatim and sent a clear message by switching up the night’s opening song. This time it was “No Surrender.”
>> This morning, Springsteen dug in even further, surprise-releasing a six-song live EP recorded the first night of the tour, including most of his anti-Trump speeches.
>> Neil Young jumped into the fray on Tuesday to call out Trump’s threats against Springsteen and other musicians. “I am not scared of you. Neither are the rest of us,” Young wrote on his website. “STOP THINKING ABOUT WHAT ROCKERS ARE SAYING. Think about saving America from the mess you made.”
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The petty dictator has retribution on a loop in his little reptilian brain. He cannot let anything go. It is called perseveration. Springsteen and Young do not answer to Trump, and they are too big to be concerned with what Trump thinks about them.
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Springsteen and other artists don’t have federal contracts. They don’t long for his approval, don’t need it.
Trump threatens to investigate Springsteen. I hope he does. What a fool he is. Go ahead and make yourself a laughing stock, sir!!
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Correction:
from “Go ahead and make yourself a laughing stock, sir!!
to
“YOU’RE a laughing stock, YES, sir!!”
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From an Instagram blogger called brandontour:
“Trump is what you get if you order Hitler from Temu.”
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I read yesterday that Taylor Swift joined Springsteen and Neil Young in their opposition to the convicted rapist, fraud, felon, and January 6, 2021, traitor.
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Good for her. She doesn’t need his approval. Those who do are groveling.
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