Mar 31, 2026 8:20pm PT

Bruce Springsteen Slams Trump, ‘the Richest Men in America’ and Pam Bondi in Fiery Speech at Minneapolis Tour Opener: ‘We Have a President Who Can’t Handle the Truth’

Jem Aswad, Chris Willman

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Bruce Springsteen has said that his 2026 “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour with the E Street Band will be political, and he was not exaggerating.

On the tour’s opening night in Minneapolis, after starting the show with a cover of Motown singer Edwin Starr’s fiery 1970 hit “War,” his comments were largely things he’s said before, at the “No Kings” in the city rally last weekend and elsewhere over the past year.

Bruce Springsteen Slams Trump, 'the Richest Men in America' and Pam Bondi in Fiery Speech at Minneapolis Tour Opener: ‘We Have a President Who Can't Handle the Truth’