{"id":664629,"date":"2026-05-25T19:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/664629\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T19:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:40:12","slug":"read-what-bruce-springsteen-had-to-say-about-trump-and-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/664629\/","title":{"rendered":"Read what Bruce Springsteen had to say about Trump and America"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\t\t\t“We will make it through because of the love, faith, anger, and hope in your heart and soul, and the timeless belief that better days lie ahead. This is how America renews itself.”<\/p>\n

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\n\tBruce Springsteen at TD Garden Sunday. Ben Stas for Boston.com\t<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReview and setlist: Springsteen eviscerates Trump at fiery TD Garden stop\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Bruce Springsteen delivered four separate statements to the TD Garden audience at his Boston show Sunday night<\/a>, encapsulating his thinking behind his \u201cLand of Hope and Dreams Tour.\u201d Below are the remarks in their entirety.<\/p>\n

Before \u2018War\u2019:<\/p>\n

Good evening, Boston. Welcome to the \u201cLand of Hope and Dreams\u201d tour. We begin the night with a prayer for our men and women in service overseas. We pray for an end to this conflict and for their safe return.<\/p>\n

The E Street Band is here tonight in celebration and defense of the American ideals and values that have sustained our country for 250 years. We are here to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock and roll in these troubled times. Our democracy, our constitution, our rule of law are being challenged right now as never before by a reckless, racist, incompetent, treasonous president and his ship of fools administration.<\/p>\n

So tonight we ask all of you to join with us in choosing hope over fear, democracy over authoritarianism, the rule of law over lawlessness, ethics over unbridled corruption, resistance over complacency, truth over lies, unity over division, and peace over war.<\/p>\n

Before \u2018Streets of Minneapolis\u2019:<\/p>\n

This past winter, federal troops brought death and terror to the streets of Minneapolis. They picked the wrong town.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The power and solidarity of the people of Minnesota was an inspiration to the entire country. They stood shoulder to shoulder for their neighbor. Their strength and their commitment told us that this is still America, and the gestapo tactics of this president and this administration will not stand here. They gave us hope. They gave us courage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And as for those who gave their lives: Renee Good, mother of three, brutally murdered, and Alex Pretti, VA nurse, executed by ICE and left to die in the street without even the decency of our lawless government investigating their deaths \u2014\u00a0it was nothing, nothing, nothing. Their bravery and their sacrifice and their names will not be forgotten.<\/p>\n

Before \u2018My City of Ruins\u2019:<\/p>\n

We are living through troubled and troubling times. Our young men and women\u2019s lives are at risk in an incompetent, unwise, and illegal war. This is happening now. The Supreme Court has gutted the Voting Rights Act and historically set back our hard-fought-for civil rights movement. A movement for which people marched, fought and gave their lives. This is happening now. There are immigrants being held in for-profit detention centers around the country, being deported without due process of law. That\u2019s unamerican and that\u2019s happening now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our Justice Department has completely abdicated its independence and it takes its marching orders directly from a corrupt White House. They prosecute our president\u2019s perceived enemies. They cover up for his misdeeds and they protect his powerful friends. That\u2019s happening now.<\/p>\n

The richest men in America have abandoned the world\u2019s poorest children to death and disease through the dismantling of USAID. This is no longer on the front page, but children die every day. And this is happening now.<\/p>\n

We are undermining NATO and the world order that kept us safe and at global peace for 80 years. Our museums are being told to whitewash American history of any unpleasant or inconvenient facts like the full history of the brutality of slavery. You want to talk about snowflakes? We have a president who can\u2019t handle the truth.<\/p>\n

We have a president who wants to create a $1.8 billion fund to compensate and reward people who attacked our capital, our democracy, assaulted our police officers on January 6. This is an American outrage and this is happening now.<\/p>\n

This White House is destroying the American ideal and our reputation around the world. We still stood as a beacon for hope, liberty, and freedom around the world. An imperfect but strong defender of democracy, standing for the global good. And to many now, we are America, the reckless, unpredictable, predatory, untrustworthy rogue nation. That is this administration and this president\u2019s legacy. And this is happening now.<\/p>\n

Honesty. Honor. Humility. Character. Integrity. Truth. Compassion. Humanity. Thoughtfulness. Morality. True strength and decency. Don\u2019t let anybody tell you that these things don\u2019t matter anymore because they do. They are at the heart of the kind of men and women we are, the kind of citizens we want to be, the kind of country we want to leave to our children.<\/p>\n

So many of our elected leaders have failed us that this American tragedy can only be stopped by the American people. You. There is no one coming to save us. We\u2019ve got to do it ourselves.<\/p>\n

So join us and let\u2019s fight for the America that we love.<\/p>\n

Do you hear me, Boston?<\/p>\n

Do you hear me, Boston?<\/p>\n

Do you hear me, Boston?<\/p>\n

Are you with us, Boston?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s go.<\/p>\n

Before \u2018Chimes of Freedom\u2019:<\/p>\n

Thank you for supporting our band all these years. I remember early \u201970s we played at Joe\u2019s Place, Charlie\u2019s Place. I was 24. So what I want to say is Boston, thanks for a lifetime.<\/p>\n

Yes, these are hard times, but the E Street Band was built for hard times. And we will make it through these because of the love, faith, anger, and hope in your heart and soul, and the timeless belief that better days lie ahead. This is how America renews itself.<\/p>\n

The hardest part for me has been feeling the distance between you and your neighbors, between you and your fellow citizens. That distance is painful and it can darken your soul.<\/p>\n

We have a president who says he wishes nothing but ill upon those who he disagrees with. That\u2019s not the country I want to live in. From the beginning, America was born out of disagreement. It\u2019s an argument. It\u2019s an ongoing, blessed, sacred argument about what course the country should take to form that more perfect union. We can argue about these things and still recognize our common humanity, our dignity, and our unity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The most heartbreaking example of what I\u2019m trying to say was Renee Good\u2019s last words. The last words that she spoke to the man who minutes later would take her life, would kill her. She rolled down the window and the last thing she said was, \u201cI\u2019m not mad at you. I\u2019m not mad. God bless you.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, when you go home tonight, hold your loved ones close and in the morning, do as Renee did. Find a way to take aggressive peaceful action to defend our country\u2019s ideals and do as the great civil rights leader John Lewis said. Go out and get in some good trouble.<\/p>\n

Say something, do something, give something, sing something \u2026\u00a0 That\u2019s all right if we\u2019re feeling helpless, hopeless, frustrated, betrayed, angry. I understand. That\u2019s why we\u2019re here tonight. We needed to feel your strength and your hope and your faith. And we needed to bring you some strength and to bring you some hope and to bring you some faith. I hope we\u2019ve done that tonight.<\/p>\n

So, God bless Alex Pretti. God bless Renee Good. God bless you, and God bless America.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"Profile\t<\/p>\n

\t\tPeter Chianca<\/a>General Assignment Editor\t<\/p>\n

Peter Chianca, Boston.com\u2019s general assignment editor since 2019, is a longtime news editor, columnist, and music writer in the Greater Boston area.<\/p>\n

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