Controversial musician Kid Rock recently took a shot back at Bruce Springsteen regarding the “Born in the USA” singer-songwriter’s anti-Trump tirade while performing in the U.K., calling the comments a “punk move” via Yahoo.
The multi-platinum artist recently reacted to Springsteen’s criticism of President Donald Trump and his administration during “FOX & Friends” and accused him of trying to appease the Hollywood “elite” with his rant.
“Just another person with TDS at the highest levels,” Kid Rock told Steve Doocy on Friday.
“To be in Europe talking junk about our president who gets up and works his ass off for this country, every day, and his administration is doing such great things… Thank God for him. But to do that in Europe… what a punk move.”
“This guy’s got, what, 500 million, a billion dollars… and is out there playing like he’s a working-class hero,” he continued.
“And really, to me, just wants to be… in good standings with the Hollywood elite… and I’m proud to say that I’m more of Hollywood’s kryptonite.”
Springsteen started his “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour in Manchester, England, on Wednesday, calling out the president and his aides for “corrupt” leadership.
“In my home, the America I love, the American 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 treacherous government,” he said.
“They are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent,” he continued. “They’re abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators.”
Kid Rock also called those comments “garbage,” bringing attention to Trump’s historic business-focused trip across the Middle East to secure peace in the region and abroad.
While in Saudi Arabia, Trump signed a $600 billion “strategic economic partnership” agreement with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which will see Riyadh invest in U.S. AI data centers and energy infrastructure, investment in “cutting-edge transformative technologies in both countries” and a whopping $142 billion defense package — which the White House claimed is the “largest defense sales agreement in history.”
The president suggested the deal could near $1 trillion in the months to come and generate up to 2 million U.S. jobs.