Trump, hands off the Boss!
- Janne Seppänen
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
I've been listening to Bruce Springsteen since I was young. Through his music, he’s always spoken up — and helped build an idea of America that’s equal, open, and welcoming to everyone. Sure, the America he sings about is partly a fantasy, a dream — but it’s a humane, beautiful one, and worth aiming for.
Now Springsteen is doing exactly what he should: criticising your, Donald Trump, authoritarian, discriminatory, and Constitution-trashing presidency. And what do you do when someone dares to speak the truth? You act like someone scribbling insults on a toilet wall. You mock him. You mock the people who love his music. You threaten. You belittle.
How dare you attack Springsteen – someone who truly loves and builds the country you’re busy tearing apart? That pitiful little tantrum of yours only shows how your lack of talent and small, bitter jealousy drive you to destroy anything creative around you. You crush people’s desire to grow and show their best. You take joy away and replace it with fear.
And in all your blatant arrogance, you even send your VP to Europe to feed us bold-faced lies about how bad our democracy and free speech supposedly are. As the matter of fact, you’re the last person on Earth who should talk about freedom of speech — since you’re doing everything in your power to kill it at home. You don’t even know what it means.
A lot of your followers think you’re a strong leader. You’re not strong. Not even close. Your ego is paper-thin, and that weakness – not strength – is what makes you dangerous. It’s worth remembering what president Barack Obama said in his speech last year in Wisconsin, telling Americans the truth about you and your so-called strength:
“And since when, exactly, is Trump’s trademark behavior – the boasting, the bullying, the selfishness, and the cruelty – considered a sign of strength? That’s not what real strength looks like. It never has been. Real strength is about working hard, taking responsibility, and telling the truth even when it’s inconvenient. Real strength is about helping those in need and standing up for people who can’t always stand up for themselves.”
That is what real strength looks like. That’s what Springsteen stands for. And that’s exactly why you, Donald Trump, hate him so much.
Photo by Takahiro Kyono. Licence Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic.
