Bruce Springsteen has slammed Donald Trump‘s so-called “anti-weaponisation fund”, calling it an “American outrage” while onstage recently.
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At a Washington DC concert on Wednesday night (May 27), the heartland rocker tore into the Justice Department’s recently announced plan to allocate nearly $1.8billion to those who have “suffered weaponisation and lawfare”.
“Let them hear you at the f***ing White House.”
Bruce Springsteen rages against President Trump and his administration during his latest Washington, DC show:
"This White House is destroying the American idea and our reputation around the world."
"We are America, the reckless,… pic.twitter.com/qwGpBHqux7
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Many of Trump’s detractors have speculated that the fund will likely be used by the insurrectionists who faced legal consequences for their part in the January 6 riots on Capitol Hill — some 1,600 of whom were pardoned by Trump on his first day back in office last year.
“We have a president who wants to create a $1.8billion fund to compensate and reward people who attacked our nation’s Capitol,” the Boss lamented between songs at Nationals Park stadium.
“[They] attacked our democracy. Assaulted our police officers on Jan 6. This is an American outrage, and this is happening now. This American tragedy can only be stopped by the American people,” he added, to applause.
He went on to say: “This White House is destroying the American idea and our reputation around the world,” adding: “We are America, the reckless, unpredictable, predatory, untrustworthy, rogue nation.”
The DOJ first shared news of its intention to establish a $1.776billion “anti-weaponisation fund” last week (May 18), with it coming as part of the settlement agreement in Trump’s now-dismissed lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Department over the leak of his tax returns in 2019.
