{"id":7858,"date":"2025-05-19T18:04:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7858"},"modified":"2025-05-19T18:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:04:29","slug":"trump-targets-beyonce-springsteen-oprah-in-truth-social-outburst-plans-for-major-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7858","title":{"rendered":"Trump targets Beyonc\u00e9, Springsteen, Oprah in Truth Social outburst, plans for major investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>President Donald Trump has called for \u201cmajor investigations\u201d into prominent entertainers including Bruce Springsteen, Beyonc\u00e9, Oprah Winfrey, and Bono, alleging\u2014without evidence\u2014that they were illegally paid to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on Truth Social, Trump reiterated unsubstantiated claims that the artists were compensated under the guise of performance fees to support Harris\u2019s presidential campaign. \u201cCandidates aren\u2019t allowed to pay for endorsements,\u201d he wrote, accusing Harris of using entertainment appearances as a front for illegal campaign contributions. Trump further claimed, \u201cThis was a corrupt and unlawful way to capitalize on a broken system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>-TruthSocial.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s accusations follow recent criticism he received from Springsteen, who denounced the administration during a concert in Manchester, England. The rocker repeated similar statements at another UK show, prompting Trump to lash out online, calling Springsteen a \u201cdried out prune\u201d and labeling him \u201cnot a talented guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>-TruthSocial.<\/p>\n<p>Potus also focused on Beyonc\u00e9, citing a debunked claim that the singer received $11 million for a brief appearance at a Harris rally in Houston. The rumor, widely circulated by right-wing commentators, was denied by Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s mother, Tina Knowles, who clarified that Beyonc\u00e9 did not receive any payment and personally covered her travel and expenses.<\/p>\n<p>-TruthSocial.<\/p>\n<p>Despite stating \u201caccording to news reports,\u201d Trump offered no sources or evidence to back his allegations. He framed the endorsements as part of what he described as \u201can illegal election scam at the highest level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump did not target Taylor Swift in this round of posts, although he previously criticized her support for Harris by saying she was \u201cno longer hot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>-TruthSocial.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, neither the Biden-Harris campaign nor the celebrities named have responded to Trump\u2019s latest claims, which remain unverified.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has called for \u201cmajor investigations\u201d into prominent entertainers including Bruce Springsteen, Beyonc\u00e9, Oprah Winfrey, and Bono, alleging\u2014without evidence\u2014that they were illegally paid to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 election. Posting on Truth Social, Trump reiterated unsubstantiated claims that the artists were compensated under the guise of performance fees to [&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-7858","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\/7858","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=7858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}