The rise of strident fascism under a vile wannabe dictator of low intelligence in the USA is beyond shocking. Many people hoped Trump was done after an abysmal first term. But then millions of Americans voted for him a second time in 2024 with an agenda based on the divisive far right doctrine in ‘Project 2025’, which I am sure many of his cult members didn’t (or couldn’t) read. I did read ‘Project 2025’ and like many others we saw what was likely to happen in the USA. Everything that is occurring now was from that playbook; splitting NATO, threatening allies, attacking sovereign nations, using soldiers on the streets, deportation of American citizens and so many other Nazi style activities. Is Trump a Russian asset? I think he probably is. His admiration and hero like worship of Putin is sickening.
Trump has so far got away with this because the vast majority of his cabinet are more stupid, but no less evil, than he is. There are exceptions and one of those is Stephen Miller. I believe that he is pulling the strings of power as Trump plummets further into an addled abyss driven by dementia and who knows what other ailments. I hold no sympathy for Mr Trump’s clearly deteriorating health and I hope that he and is cabinet are faced with hard justice for their actions. All Americans need to wake the fuck up and thankfully millions of Americans are. The mass protests against ICE on the streets of so many US cities gives me hope for the future. A government that kills its own citizens and lies about it needs to be toppled. A president that cannot speak coherently nor do simple arithmetic needs to be sacked. You have to wonder how many of his cabinet, his associates (I doubt that he has friends) and family are in the Epstein files. Let’s hope that all is revealed very soon. Is Trump a pedophile? Based on the evidence so far and a desire to hide so much of it I would say 100% yes.
Anyway I could rant on about demented diaper Donny for ages, but that won’t solve anything. But protest will. The mostly peaceful protests against Trump’s gestapo a.k.a. ICE haven’t resulted in martial law yet. In fact the violence and brutality shown by the proud boys of ICE has slowly begun to turn opinion against the Mango Mussolini. What is needed is an inspiring protest song and Springsteen has delivered it with his latest release “Streets of Minneapolis”. It shows the Boss at the height of his passion and anger against a fake king and a vile regime. He calls out King Trump and the likes of Miller and Noem. This is more angry than Bob Dylan was on “Hurricane” and more eloquent than the bristling rage of early UK punk. I have also read that some MAGAs in the US have said they no longer like Springsteen as he has “gone political”. The Boss? Political? How the fuck did you not notice that he has always been like this.
Many other artists have been vocal about this administration including Rihanna, Adele, Neil Young, Beyoncé, the Rolling Stones, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and Celine Dion, who have publicly disavowed his campaign’s use of their work. In addition the estates of Sinead O’Connor and Tom Petty have called for Trump’s team to stop using their music. Neil Young has now given his catalogue of songs to Greenland, another territory that was at the top of Trump’s annexation/ invasion wish list. Others that have spoken out against the tangerine tyrant are Pharrell Williams, Linda Ronstadt, Philip Glass and Nickleback. In a separate action a group of artists including Mick Jagger, Lorde, Sia, Blondie, Sheryl Crow, Green Day, Lionel Richie, Elvis Costello, Keith Richards, Steven Tyler and Rosanne Cash in collaboration with the Artist Rights Alliance, have signed a letter demanding that politicians seek permission before playing their music at campaign rallies and public events. I am sure there are many other artists that have also taken action. I would also like to thank the NFL for booking Bad Bunny and Green Day. I believe there will be an anti Trump release from one of my favourite artists, Delilah Bon soon.
Let me end by saying that Trump is widely hated in the UK and Europe whatever you hear from those pathetic sycophantic news channels in the USA. FUCK TRUMP, ICE OUT and take the World Cup and the Olympics from America! Let’s keep fighting until we ring the bells of freedom from this tyranny!
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