Jimmy Kimmel is the latest celebrity to address Bruce Springsteen and Donald Trump’s feud by coming to the Born in the U.S.A. singer’s defense following Trump’s recent attacks at the singer’s sharp criticism’s of his administration.
Trump posted a series of anti-Springsteen tweets on Truth Social Thursday, April 2. The president has had a longstanding feud with Bruce Springsteen that’s spanned several decades, the Irish Times reports.
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“Bad, and very boring singer, Bruce Springsteen, who looks like a dried-up prune who has suffered greatly from the work of a really bad plastic surgeon, has long had a horrible and incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome,” President Donald Trump wrote. “The guy is a total loser who spews hate against a President who won a Landslide Election,” Trump added. “MAGA SHOULD BOYCOTT HIS OVERPRICED CONCERTS, WHICH SUCK. SAVE YOUR HARD-earned MONEY.”
Jimmy Kimmel entered the war of words against Trump after Springsteen did so himself earlier Tuesday night, breathing new life into a feud between the former president and “The Boss” that dates back well over a decade. On Tuesday night, Trump reacted to comments Springsteen made before kicking off his Land of Hope and Dreams tour at the Target Center in Minneapolis. During his monologue, Springsteen bashed Trump and his administration and painted a picture of what America could look like outside of Trump.
Needless to say, Jimmy Kimmel had something to say about it too. The host, who’s had his fair share of issues with Trump over the years, posted a screenshot of Trump’s post to Truth Social on Instagram later that night.
“If you’ve never seen the great Bruce @Springsteen in concert,” Jimmy Kimmel wrote, “I can’t think of a better reason to finally do it than this!”
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Last week Trump and Jimmy Kimmel exchanged online barbs over the comic’s jokes about Markwayne Mullin and plumbers – which the president and MAGA felt mocked plumbers and working class Americans as a whole – a demographic that at least used to be Bruce Springsteen fans.
“You have 30 to 40 years of de-industrialization and globalization of the economy, so there are a lot of people who were left out of that,” Springsteen said. “Voices have been fundamentally ignored and not heard. These are folks who feel Donald Trump has been listening to them and speaks for them on some level,” according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Springsteen opened the tour with pointed remarks about the current political climate, telling the crowd, “We are here in celebration and defense of our American ideals.” He continued, “Democracy, our Constitution, and our sacred American promise, the America that I love, the America that I’ve written about for 50 years, that’s been a beacon of hope and liberty around the world, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless, and treasonous administration.”
In September 2016—just two months before the election—Bruce Springsteen took aim at Donald Trump in an interview with Rolling Stone, calling him a “moron” and warning that the republic was “under siege,” which he described as “a tragedy for our democracy.”
He did publicly endorse Hillary Clinton, as well. As for Trump, Springsteen has continued to rail against him over the years. As recently as May of last year, he denounced Trump’s presidency as “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous.”
When Bruce Springsteen first became famous in the 1970s and ’80s, he was embraced by blue-collar working-class Americans. Songs like “Born in the U.S.A.” told stories about working in factories, living in poverty and struggling to make it through life. These days, while he hasn’t exactly abandoned that base, many believe his fan demographic has grown to include significantly more college-educated, white-collar liberals as he’s become more politically active in recent years.
The change in Springsteen’s fan base has made him a scapegoat for liberals among former fans. Springsteen has been accused of being a “limousine liberal.” Reporting by The Atlantic provided multiple examples of that sentiment. Country singer Aaron Lewis directly calls out Springsteen in his song “Am I the Only One” with the lyric, “Am I the only one who quits singing along every time they play a Springsteen song?” referring to how blue collar Americans no longer feel Springsteen represents them.
The latest clash ultimately underscores how Jimmy Kimmel has once again positioned himself at the center of the cultural and political divide, this time using his platform to amplify support for Bruce Springsteen.
Not the only one feeling so 🎯
"Am I The Only One" by Aaron Lewis:
"Am I the only one who quits singing along
every time they play a Springsteen song"https://t.co/qsSc5iJNJ4— HolgerDanske (@calvert_76) April 3, 2026
As the feud with Donald Trump continues to escalate, Jimmy Kimmel’s vocal backing highlights how celebrity voices are increasingly fueling the broader national conversation – even as celebrity endorsements of political candidates appears to make little difference in elections.
