Bruce Springsteen Says ‘I Don’t Worry’ About Losing Fans Over Slamming Trump and New Tour Is ‘Going to Be Political’: ‘Blowback Is Just Part of It. I’m Ready’

I know I'm stepping in here from the outside,but I think the point is, as u/Limo_Wreck77 said, "Dude's got nothing to worry about." For most Bruce Springsteen fans, being political and "slamming Trump" is right on brand. Hell, if anything, not doing that could potentially be seen as a betrayal. For those who disagree with him entirely but are fans solely "because the music is good," how would this change anything? Born in the USA was released *forty-two years ago* as a criticism of the United States, and that still gets played at July 4th celebrations when people want to circle-jerk about how awesome America is. I'm pretty sure that 42 years is long enough to understand the song. Which means the people who don't get it actually do get it and don't care "because the music is good", in which case "dude's got nothing to worry about." Either that, or those people are so stupid that they can't understand it after 42 years, in which case, "dude's got nothing to worry about." Point being, even if Springsteen would theoretically be the type of person who might support Trump (what with Springsteen being stupid rich), it'd be kind of hard to publicly switch positions like that when Springsteen's entire brand as a musician for his entire career has basically been as presenting himself as the antithesis of everything that Trump represents. The safest course of action, even solely from a business perspective, is to criticize Trump. Then any Trumpers who "just like the music" will still buy tickets,because that's obviously what's been happening for decades. So why would it change now?