Bruce Springsteen: Trump 'doesn't have a grasp' on what it means to be American

By
Katie Mettler
Oct. 25, 2019 at 2:21 p.m. EDT

At a rally in Minneapolis earlier this month, President Trump told supporters about all the people he didn’t need to win the election three years ago. He did not need Beyoncé, he said, or her husband, Jay-Z. And he did not need “little Bruce Springsteen.” All three music icons supported Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton. In an interview with “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King that aired Friday, Springsteen briefly responded to Trump’s taunt and spoke more broadly about his views on the direction of the nation.

So he’s going back to 2016. And this is now 2019,” King said. “You surprised that he’s trash-talking you after all this time?” Springsteen laughed. “Not really,” he said. “Anything’s possible.”

“I know,” King said. “I mean, a lot of people are very concerned about the direction of the country.”

“It’s just frightening, you know? We’re living in a frightening time,” Springsteen said. “The stewardship of the nation is — has been thrown away to somebody who doesn’t have a clue as to what that means. … And unfortunately, we have somebody who I feel doesn’t have a grasp of the deep meaning of what it means to be an American."



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