Bruce Springsteen unveils new anti-Donald Trump track That’s What Makes Us Great

The music icon dubs the President a 'con man' in the new song 
Protest: Bruce Springsteen has released an anti-Trump song
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Jennifer Ruby20 April 2017
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Bruce Springsteen has released a brand new Donald Trump protest song, in which he describes the President as a ‘con man’.

The music icon’s the new anti-Trump track is a collaboration with Houserockers frontman Joe Grushecky , premiering on SiriusXM this week.

Taking direct aim at the US President and his administration, the new song delves into issues including Trump’s travel ban and ‘alternative facts’.

Lyrics include: “Don’t tell me a lie/ And sell it as a fact/ I’ve been down that road before/ And I ain’t goin’ back.

Bruce Springsteen at Wembley over the years

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“And don’t you brag to me/ That you never read a book/ I never put my faith/ In a con man and his crooks.”

Springsteen was an outspoken Trump critic during last year’s US elections, describing him as a ‘moron’ in an interview with Rolling Stone.

“The whole thing is tragic. Without overstating it, it's a tragedy for our democracy,” he said.

“When you start talking about elections being rigged, you're pushing people beyond democratic governance.

“And it's a very, very dangerous thing to do. Once you let those genies out of the bottle, they don't go back in so easy, if they go back in at all.”

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