The Boss has been dancing in the dark for so long, he went blind.

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[h=1]'I've felt disgust, but never this kind of fear': Bruce Springsteen unleashes on Trump for promoting 'bigotry, racism and intolerance' and says his policies are nothing but 'lies'[/h]

• Bruce Springsteen lashed out at Donald Trump in an interview with Marc Maron on his WTF podcast
• 'I've felt disgust before, but never the kind of fear that you feel now,' Springsteen said of Trump and his administration
• He added that he believes Trump appeals to the 'worst aspects' of society such as 'racism, bigotry, [and] intolerance'
• '[M]y fear is that those things find a place in ordinary, civil society, demeans the discussion and events of the day, and the country changes,' said the rocker
• Springsteen, 67, has been a vocal critic of Trump many times in the past, and he supported Hillary Clinton during the election
• Trump's best friend, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, is The Boss' biggest fan

By CHRIS SPARGO FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 00:22, 3 January 2017 | UPDATED: 03:13, 3 January 2017

 

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Bruce Springsteen has made no secret of his disdain for Donald Trump's political message and agenda over the past 18 months, and he is again sharing his opinion of the first-time politician now that he has won the election.
The New Jersey rocker appeared on an episode of WTF With Marc Maron that was released on Tuesday, and during the hour-long podcast he spoke about his fears and concerns about the future of the country during and after a Trump presidency.
'I've felt disgust before, but never the kind of fear that you feel now,' Springsteen said of Trump and the administration he has been building over the past month.
'It's as simple as the fear of, is someone simply competent enough to do this particular job? Forget about where they are ideologically. Do they simply have the pure competence to be put in the position of such responsibility?'
Springsteen later said that the policies Trump has been proposing to are 'lies that can't occur' and his rhetoric runs the risk of ruining the future of the country because he appeals to the 'worst aspects' of society such as 'racism, bigotry, [and] intolerance.'

 

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Speaking out: Bruce Springsteen lashed out at Donald Trump in an interview with Marc Maron on his WTF podcast (Springsteen and Maron above)

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Anger: 'I've felt disgust before, but never the kind of fear that you feel now,' Springsteen said of Trump and his administration (Trump above with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in November)

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Statement: He added that he believes Trump appeals to the 'worst aspects' of society such as 'racism, bigotry, [and] intolerance' (Springsteen in June holding up a 'F*** Trump' sign)

'When you let that genie out of the bottle - racism, bigotry, intolerance - when you let those things out of the bottle, they don’t go back in the bottle that easily. If they go back in at all,' said Springsteen.
'Whether it’s a rise in hate crimes, people feeling that they have license to speak and behave in ways that previously were considered un-American, and are un-American. That’s what he’s appealing to.'
He went on to say: 'And so my fear is that those things find a place in ordinary, civil society, demeans the discussion and events of the day, and the country changes in a way that is unrecognizable, and we become estranged.
'Those are all dangerous things, and he hasn’t even taken office yet. So we got to wait and see, but those are certainly the implications, and you also look at who he’s been picking for his Cabinet, that doesn’t speak very well for what’s coming up.'

 

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Springsteen also made a point of noting that he understood why voters supported Trump, describing many of the billionaire businessman's supporters as if they were characters in his own songs.
'There’s plenty of good, solid folks that voted for Donald Trump, as well as people who had other agendas,' said Springsteen.
He then added: 'But to know that, you’ve got to know some.'
Springsteen said that many of these men and women were 'effected deeply by deindustrialization and globalization and the technological advances' that quickly spread across the country, and wound up 'left behind.'
As a result, when Trump declared in speech after speech that he was going to bring jobs and industry back to United States, he was the natural pick for these people said Springsteen.
And at the same time, Trump also used people's fear of ISIS to promote Islamphobia claims Springsteen, and the rocker believes that Trump's plan to build a wall between the United States and Mexico became a way to vilify illegal immigrants.
'These are very powerful and simple ideas. They're lies, they can't occur. But if you've struggled for the past 30 or 40 years, and this has been the theme of much of my creative life for all those years, if someone comes along and offers you something else ... it's a compelling choice,' explained Springsteen.
The 67-year-old rocker has not given up all hope however, and said he is still going to keep doing all he can to keep his country great.
'America is still America. I still believe in its ideals, and I'm going to do my best to play my very, very small part in maintaining those things,' he said to Maron to close out his remarks on Trump.

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Best of buds: Springsteen campaigned for President Obama in both 2008 and 2012 (above with the President and First Lady in November at the Medal of Freedom ceremony)

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He's with her: Springsteen has been a vocal critic of Trump many times in the past, and he supported Hillary Clinton during the election (above at Clinton's midnight rally in November the day before the election)

The comedian and podcast host brought up the subject because of Springsteen's criticism of Trump in the past while he was appearing on the show to promote his new memoir, Born To Run.
In October, Springsteen said Trump was 'such a flagrant, toxic narcissist that he wants to take down the entire democratic system with him if he goes' during an interview with Channel 4 News.
'The words that he’s been using over the past several weeks really are an attack on the entire democratic process. I think it’s very dangerous.'
Springsteen then predicted that Trump would lose the election but still wreak havoc, saying: 'He does have a lot of people’s ears, and I don’t think he’s going to go quietly, gently into the good night.
'I think he’s going to make as big a mess as he can and I don’t know what that’s going to mean, but we’ll find out shortly.'
That same month he also labeled Trump a 'moron' who was pushing 'white nationalism' in an interview with Rolling Stone.
'The republic is under siege by a moron, basically. The whole thing is tragic,' said Springsteen.
'Without overstating it, it’s a tragedy for our democracy. 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.'
He also brought up his belief that Trump's promises are nothing but lies in that interview as well, saying: 'And Trump’s thing is simple answers to very complex problems. Fallacious answers to very complex problems. And that can be very appealing.'
Springsteen made a point of also throwing in the fact that Hillary Clinton would be a 'very, very good president' in his opinion.
And in June, Springsteen found a new way to announce his dislike for Trump during a concert in Germany.
While playing at Olympic Stadium Springsteen noticed a sign being held by two women in the audience and grabbed it from them to hold it up himself on the stage.
It read:'F*** Trump. We Wanna Dance With The Boss.'
Springsteen has long been a vocal supporter of Democratic candidates, campaigning for President Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012.
He campaigned for Clinton this time around and even agreed to play at her midnight rally in Philadelphia the night before the election in a last ditch effort to get out the vote in the state, which ultimately went to Trump.

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Dance, dance: Trump's best friend, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, is The Boss' biggest fan (above at a concert in early 2016)

 

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And while Obama and Clinton are both big fans of Springsteen, no politician loves The Boss more than Trump's best friend, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
He has said in interviews that he began idolizing The Boss around the age of 13, and claims to have seen him in concert close to 150 times.
At some concerts Christie becomes so overcome with emotion that he begins to cry.
The love affair however is a bit unrequited, with Springsteen turning down an offer to play at Christie's first inauguration and mocking him on The Tonight Show after members of his staff were discovered to have been involved in the George Washington Bridge scandal.
The men did get to share a moment back in 2012 however, when they met in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
The two were at the NBC telethon organized to raise money for victims of the disaster according to Christie when The Boss walked over and hugged him and told him he was proud of the way he and the stage had responded during the difficult aftermath of the storm.
Christie said that hearing that from Springsteen made him cry.
He got another chance to speak with Springsteen shortly after that encounter while on a call with President Obama, who had The Boss as his guest on Air Force One while they campaigned just before the 2012 election.

 

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[Willie99]

It's shocking how incredibly stupid so many celebrities can be

Thankfully for them they didn't need brains to be successful

 

[KingEleven]

Springsteen is a clown and his music SUCKS

 

[Greenbacks]

Springsteen is a clown and his music SUCKS

QueenEleven is a clown and his posts SUCK

 

[thecentaur]

I hope these idiot liberals keep mouthing off with hyperbole and false narratives

Reminds more and more people how we don't want to act and think

 

[Dave007inVegas]

I hope these idiot liberals keep mouthing off with hyperbole and false narratives

Reminds more and more people how we don't want to act and think

It's called frustration. Someone keep pissing in their Wheaties and they're powerless to do anything about it.