Kid Rock responded to Bruce Springsteen’s anti-Trump tirade during a performance in the United Kingdom, calling the comments a “punk move.”
The multi-platinum artist responded to Springsteen’s criticism of President Donald Trump and his administration on “FOX & Friends,” accusing 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 works hard for the country every day and his administration is doing great things… I thank God for him. “But to do that in Europe… what a punk move!”
“This guy has what, 500 million or a billion dollars… “And is out there acting like a working-class hero,” he added. “I just want to be in good standing with the Hollywood elite.” I am proud to say that I am more of Hollywood’s kryptonite.”
Springsteen launched his “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour in Manchester, England, on Wednesday, criticizing 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 told reporters. “They are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent,” he said afterwards. “They’re abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators.”
Kid Rock called those comments “garbage,” drawing attention to Trump’s historic business trip across the Middle East to secure regional and international peace.
During his visit to Saudi Arabia, Trump signed a $600 billion “strategic economic partnership” agreement with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The agreement includes investments in U.S. AI data centers and energy infrastructure, as well as “cutting-edge transformative technologies in both countries” and a $142 billion defense package. The White House claims this is the “largest defense sales agreement in history.”
The president suggested that the deal could be worth nearly $1 trillion in the coming months, creating up to 2 million jobs in the United States.
Trump negotiated a $1.2 trillion “economic exchange” with Qatar, including the purchase of 210 Boeing jets by state-owned Qatar Airways for $96 billion, energy infrastructure agreements, and investments in quantum technologies and workforce development.
The deal in Qatar was overshadowed by the controversial announcement that Qatar wished to “gift” Trump a new Air Force One jet.
The president also expanded on a $1.4 trillion agreement reached with the UAE in March, announcing an additional $200 billion “in commercial deals” between Washington and Abu Dhabi.
“He’s over there creating peace in the Middle East,” Kid Rock said. “One of the places that could possibly erupt and send the world into turmoil, and he’s over there getting it done.”
“This guy does not know how to lose, period,” he said. “Gets up every morning and busts his ass for our country. I thank God for him and his administration.
The rock legend also teased his upcoming “Rock N Rodeo,” which will broadcast the PBR World Finals on Friday at 8 p.m. ET, exclusively on Fox Nation.
“To me, this is one of the last pro-patriotic American sports really just left without the interjection of all the wokeness, which, I think, is pretty much finding its exit from pro sports, thank God,” according to Doocy.
