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President Donald Trump on Monday launched a new attack on rock legend Bruce Springsteen along with several other major celebrities during a middle-of-the-night rant on his Truth Social website.

“HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT?” he wrote in all caps. “WHY DID HE ACCEPT THAT MONEY IF HE IS SUCH A FAN OF HERS? ISN’T THAT A MAJOR AND ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION?”

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[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It bothers me how incredibly thin skinned he is. You could start an international incident quite easily with a tweet these days.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 30 points 1 month ago

I remember as a kid when Geraldine Ferraro was on the ticket and my dad saying we could never have a woman president because they are too sensitive, and hormonal. Yet he is celebrating Mr sensitive over here.

[–] natecox@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago

The truest snowflake.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How would paying a musician who is not running for office be an illegal contribution?

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

His lack of understanding regarding campaign finance is eclipsed only by his lack of understanding regarding tariffs.

He really doesn’t understand much of anything.

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

That's why he's such a successful businessman.

Oh, wait...

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Totally normal presidential behavior, nothing at all to be concerned with

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

You see, it's an "official act" ...

[–] DarkDecay@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

"Isn't that illegal?" screeched the the felon. Lmao he's so fucking pathetic

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Payment for having an act perform.

Not payment for endorsement.

[–] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah. Not a process trump is familiar with. He thinks stealing music and playing it without permission at a public event is the proper way to go about these things.

[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

So...now we know HE paid for his endorsements.

Every accusation is a confession

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month ago

The US president being a child again.