Liberal late-night host Stephen Colbert has compared President Donald Trump’s mocking of leftist “rocker” Bruce Springsteen to “attacking America itself.”
Colbert delivered his takedown of Trump during his late-night show on Monday night.
“Trump did not appreciate Springsteen’s constructive criticism, posting, ‘I see that highly overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a foreign country to speak badly about the president of the United States. Never liked him, never liked his music, or his radical left politics, and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy,’” Colbert began.
“What are you — what are you — what are you doing?
“Attacking Bruce is like attacking America itself.
“I haven’t seen a politician be this tone-deaf since Herbert Hoover’s campaign slogan, ‘Apple pie sucks and so does your mom,’” he added.
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Pro-Democrat Springsteen ruffled the president’s feathers last week when he criticized the United States under Trump.
Springsteen smeared Trump as “treasonous” during his European tour.
“In my home, the America I love, the America 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 treasonous administration,” Springsteen told fans.
“Tonight, we ask all who believe