{"id":439473,"date":"2026-01-28T21:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/439473\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T21:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:36:07","slug":"bruce-springsteen-hits-out-at-king-trump-in-new-song-streets-of-minneapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/439473\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen hits out at \u2018King Trump\u2019 in new song, Streets of Minneapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/VW76GBZESJG45AUFZSP5AHFMMU.jpg?auth=edd3711a305f0ee9c15b3e239137c8c10b34eea76c9f6da3baeef18b5cb1c166&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Bruce Springsteen appears at the AFI Fest premiere of &#8216;Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere&#8217; in Los Angeles in October, 2025.Chris Pizzello\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Bruce Springsteen is dedicating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w\">his new song<\/a> to the people of Minneapolis, criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The lyrics of Streets of Minneapolis, released Wednesday, describe how \u201ca city aflame fought fire and ice \u2019neath an occupier\u2019s boots,\u201d which Springsteen calls \u201cKing Trump\u2019s private army.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Springsteen in a statement said he wrote and recorded the song over the weekend and released it in response to a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cIt\u2019s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbours and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good,\u201d he wrote, naming the two victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text mv-16 l-inset text-pb-8\" data-sophi-feature=\"interstitial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/world\/article-alex-pretti-minneapolis-agents-on-leave\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Federal agents involved in killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis put on leave, media reports say<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text mv-16 l-inset text-pb-8\" data-sophi-feature=\"interstitial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/world\/us-politics\/article-greg-bovino-ice-protests-minneapolis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota protesters vow to keep up fight against Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Abigail Jackson, a White House spokesperson, responded: \u201cThe 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 \u2013 not random songs with irrelevant opinions and inaccurate information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The slow-burning song builds from just acoustic guitar and voice to a fuller band tune, including a harmonica solo, and ends with chants of \u201cICE Out!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cOh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice,\u201d The Boss sings. \u201cSinging through the bloody mist\/We\u2019ll take our stand for this land\/And the stranger in our midst.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The title echoes Springsteen\u2019s Streets of Philadelphia, which served as a title song for the Tom Hanks-led 1993 film Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Springsteen has long been critical of the president, who in turn has called the rock icon \u201coverrated.\u201d They last publicly clashed last year, when Springsteen on tour in England told his audience that America \u201cis currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.\u201d Trump responded by calling Springsteen a \u201cdried out prune of a rocker.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Bruce Springsteen appears at the AFI Fest premiere of &#8216;Springsteen: Deliver Me 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