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Bruce Springsteen questions Trump’s competence for office

Bruce Springsteen questions Trump's competence for office | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2016, file photo Bruce Springsteen performs during a Hillary Clinton campaign event at Independence Mall in Philadelphia. Springsteen plans to make his Broadway debut onstage this fall at the Walter Kerr Theatre in a solo show in which he performs songs from his career, interspersed with readings of his best-selling memoir “Born to Run.” “Springsteen on Broadway” begins previews Oct. 3, 2017, ahead of an Oct. 12 opening. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Original Publication Date: January 2, 2017 9:16PM
Publication Updated: April 27, 2025 12:09AM

RUMSON, N.J. – “The Boss” is questioning whether President-elect Donald Trump is ready to take office.

During an interview on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast released Monday, Bruce Springsteen said he questions whether Trump “is simply competent enough to do this particular job.”

Springsteen is a high-profile Democrat and appeared with Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail. Springsteen says he understands how Trump got elected. He says the Republican played working class fears over a changing economy, increasing diversity and the Islamic State group.

He tells Maron that he has “felt disgust” over elections before, “but never, never the kind of fear that you feel now.”

Springsteen says he plans to do his best to play a “very, very small part” in trying to ensure America maintains its ideals.

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