Raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring,” Springsteen said at the Mancunian show. The setlist was a marked departure from the band’s post-pandemic s

A rumor that carmaker Jeep stopped advertising with musician Bruce Springsteen circulated online following his public criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump in mid-May 2025. The Facebook page America's Last Line of Defense posted the rumor on May 17, 2025:

On Wednesday, Springsteen said to his audience: “In my home, 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.”

As for Springsteen, “Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy,” Trump continued. “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.”

To very little surprise, Donald Trump responded to Bruce Springsteen‘s scathing take on his presidency earlier this week, as the president labeled him a “dried out prune of a rocker.” At the start a European tour earlier this week,

A trio of tirades as the president lashed out against Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen and the Supreme Court - all in one day.

His remarks, delivered to an audience abroad, stood out at a time when other superstar artists have seemed to mute their criticism of the president.