{"id":8048,"date":"2025-05-21T15:04:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T15:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=8048"},"modified":"2025-05-21T15:04:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T15:04:30","slug":"neil-young-slams-trump-over-springsteen-and-swift-attacks-in-fiery-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=8048","title":{"rendered":"Neil Young slams Trump over Springsteen and Swift attacks in fiery message"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Musician Neil Young has criticized former President Donald Trump for his recent attacks on fellow artists Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift, urging the Republican figurehead to shift his focus to more pressing national matters. In a statement posted on his website, Young backed Springsteen\u2019s political stance and condemned Trump\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are you worryin\u2019 about man?\u201d Young wrote. \u201cBruce and thousands of musicians think you are ruining America. You worry about that instead of the dyin\u2019 kids in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The remarks come after Trump took to Truth Social to label Springsteen as \u201chighly overrated\u201d and a \u201cdried out prune\u201d following a concert on May 14 in Manchester, England. During the event, Springsteen had described Trump as \u201ccorrupt, incompetent and treasonous\u201d while urging the crowd to recognize the power of art in dangerous times. Trump responded by denouncing Springsteen\u2019s music, politics, and character.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s criticism didn\u2019t stop with Springsteen. He also reignited tensions with pop star Taylor Swift, who endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 general election. \u201cHas anyone noticed that, since I said \u2018I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,\u2019 she\u2019s no longer \u2018HOT?\u2019\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>Young called the attacks misguided and accused Trump of prioritizing his public image over governance. \u201cTaylor Swift is right. So is Bruce,\u201d Young said. \u201cYou are more worried about yourself than America. Wake up, Trump!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The American Federation of Musicians also weighed in, stating, \u201cMusicians have the right to freedom of expression, and we stand in solidarity with all our members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Young ended his post by appealing directly to conservatives: \u201cWake up Republicans! This guy is out of control. We need a real president!\u201d He signed the statement, \u201cNeil Young and many others.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musician Neil Young has criticized former President Donald Trump for his recent attacks on fellow artists Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift, urging the Republican figurehead to shift his focus to more pressing national matters. In a statement posted on his website, Young backed Springsteen\u2019s political stance and condemned Trump\u2019s leadership. \u201cWhat are you worryin\u2019 about [&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-8048","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\/8048","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=8048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}