Trump Hates Bruce Springsteen’s Minnesota Protest Song

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Bruce Springsteen releases a song, “Minneapolis,” in protest of recent and ongoing events in the city, drawing the ire of the Trump Administration.

On Wednesday, New Jersey legend Bruce Springsteen released a new track entitled “Minneapolis” in response to what he referred to as “the state terror being visited on the city.” The singer said he wrote the song on Saturday and recorded it on Tuesday. Now, the White House has released a statement announcing how disinterested the administration is in the whole thing.

“It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors, and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free,” Springsteen said when he released the track.

The song follows a series of statements Springsteen made preceding his performances last week in Manchester, which drew criticism from Trump on social media. The White House followed up by issuing a statement calling the song “random” and “irrelevant,” in a move to convey how unbothered the administration is about the whole thing—thereby illustrating that the administration is very bothered, indeed.

“The Trump Administration is focused on encouraging state and local Democrats to work with federal law enforcement officers on removing dangerous criminal illegal aliens from their communities—not random songs with irrelevant opinions and inaccurate information,” said White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson. “The media should cover how Democrats have refused to work with the Administration, and instead, opted to provide sanctuary for these criminal illegals.”

“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,” Springsteen said to his audience during the opening Manchester performance of his tour last Thursday.

The following day, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that Springsteen was highly overrated, that he “never liked him, never liked his music” or his politics, and called the singer a “pushy, obnoxious jerk.”

Undaunted, Springsteen repeated his criticisms of Trump at his second Manchester performance the next night. Even fellow rocker and outspoken Trump critic Neil Young weighed in with a statement on his website directed at Trump, backing up Springsteen’s actions.

“Bruce and thousands of musicians think you are ruining America,” wrote Young. “I am not scared of you. Neither are the rest of us.”

Springsteen has since released a lyric video to accompany “Minneapolis,” which shows footage of Springsteen recording the song in between footage of ICE’s clashes with protestors in the city.