Musician Bruce Springsteen argued that President Trump doesn’t grasp what it means “to be an American” in a recent interview.
Springsteen, 70, spoke with CBS This Morning co-anchor Gayle King in an interview that aired Friday morning. At one point, she aired a portion of a recent Trump rally in Minnesota, during which the president said he “didn’t need” the singer.
“So he’s going back to 2016. This is now 2019. Are you surprised that he’s trash-talking you after all this time?” King asked, which prompted laughter from Springsteen.
“Not really. Anything’s possible,” Springsteen answered.
“I know, I mean a lot of people are very concerned about the direction of the country,” King said.
“It’s just frightening; we’re living in a frightening time,” the singer replied. “The stewardship of the nation is, has been thrown away to somebody who doesn’t have a clue as to what that means. You know? I mean, the United States of America is in your care. Do you know what the stakes are? Do you know what that means?”
“And unfortunately, we have somebody who I feel doesn’t have a grasp of the deep meaning of what it means to be an American,” he added.
Springsteen, who released an anti-Trump song in August, declined to say whether or not there is a 2020 presidential candidate he’d campaign for at the end of the segment.
