Donald Trump’s diatribe comes just days after Bruce Springsteen told an audience that he believed the current US administration was ‘corrupt, incompetent and treasonous’

Raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring,” Springsteen said at the Mancunian show. The setlist was a marked departure from the band’s post-pandemic s

As for Springsteen, “Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy,” Trump continued. “Just a pushy, obnoxious JERK, who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden, a mentally incompetent FOOL, and our WORST EVER President, who came close to destroying our Country.”

In a pair of Truth Social posts, President Trump criticizes several celebrities — including Beyoncé and Bruce Springsteen — who publicly endorsed former VP Kamala Harris in her presidential bid.

A rumor that carmaker Jeep stopped advertising with musician Bruce Springsteen circulated online following his public criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump in mid-May 2025. The Facebook page America's Last Line of Defense posted the rumor on May 17, 2025:

On Wednesday, Springsteen said to his audience: “In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration.”

His remarks, delivered to an audience abroad, stood out at a time when other superstar artists have seemed to mute their criticism of the president.