President Trump says he isn’t bothered if rocker Bruce Springsteen isn’t a fan of his, because he was never a fan of “The Boss,” either.
“Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy — Just a pushy, obnoxious JERK, who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden, a mentally incompetent FOOL, and our WORST EVER President, who came close to destroying our Country,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Friday, after Springsteen criticized Trump during a stop on his tour in Manchester, England, earlier this week.
Springsteen, who supported then-Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid against Trump last year, including performing at a Georgia campaign rally for Harris in the fall, told the crowd that the U.S. is “currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.”
“There’s some very weird, strange and dangerous s‑‑‑ going on out there right now,” the “Thunder Road” singer said, ripping the White House for its handling of foreign policy, immigration and free speech, among other issues. He also blasted lawmakers for failing to “protect the American people from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government.”
But Trump dismissed the rock legend’s concerns and struck back.
“This dried out ‘prune’ of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country, that’s just ‘standard fare,'” Trump wrote. “Then we’ll all see how it goes for him!”
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld, an ardent supporter of Trump, also tore into Springsteen during Thursday’s episode of “The Five,” calling the musician, who is an Emmy Award away from EGOT status, a derogatory slur that got a different Fox News contributor suspended for using on air a decade ago.
In a separate Truth Social post on Friday, Trump, who is traveling back to the U.S. from a diplomatic trip to the Middle East, also mocked pop superstar Taylor Swift, another Harris supporter.
“Has anyone noticed that, since I said, ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’ the president mused, referring to a post he wrote days after the singer-songwriter endorsed Harris and urged her fans to register to vote.
Swift wrapped up her record-setting Eras Tour in December.