{"id":7712,"date":"2025-05-18T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7712"},"modified":"2025-05-18T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T12:00:18","slug":"kid-rock-criticizes-bruce-springsteen-over-anti-trump-comments-during-uk-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7712","title":{"rendered":"Kid Rock criticizes Bruce Springsteen over anti-Trump comments during UK concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Bruce Springsteen\u2019s recent remarks criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump during a concert in Manchester, England, have drawn backlash from musician and outspoken Trump supporter Kid Rock.<\/p>\n<p>During the opening night of his Land of Hope and Dreams tour earlier this week, Springsteen referred to the Trump administration as \u201ccorrupt, incompetent and treasonous.\u201d He called on the crowd to rise against authoritarianism, emphasizing the role of art and music in defending democratic values. \u201cIn my home, the America I love&#8230; is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration,\u201d Springsteen said. \u201cLet freedom ring!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to Springsteen\u2019s statements, Kid Rock, 54, voiced his disapproval during an appearance on Fox &amp; Friends on Friday. He accused Springsteen of trying to gain favor with Hollywood elites and dismissed his criticism as an example of \u201cTrump Derangement Syndrome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be in Europe talking junk about our president\u2026 what a punk move,\u201d said Rock. \u201cThis guy\u2019s got, what, 500 million, a billion dollars\u2026 and is out there playing like he\u2019s a working-class hero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Springsteen added further remarks later in his set, stating, \u201cThe last check on power after the checks and balances of government have failed are the people, you and me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The commentary didn\u2019t go unnoticed by Trump, 78, who reacted on his platform, TruthSocial. He dismissed Springsteen as \u201cHighly Overrated,\u201d calling him a \u201cpushy, obnoxious JERK\u201d and criticizing his political affiliations with former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Springsteen\u2019s recent remarks criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump during a concert in Manchester, England, have drawn backlash from musician and outspoken Trump supporter Kid Rock. During the opening night of his Land of Hope and Dreams tour earlier this week, Springsteen referred to the Trump administration as \u201ccorrupt, incompetent and treasonous.\u201d He called on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}