Bruce Springsteen: ‘Moron’ Trump a ‘tragedy’ for US democracy

2016 Rock legend Bruce Springsteen has described Donald Trump as a “moron” and “tragic” in an election campaign he has chosen largely to stay out of, until now.

Speaking to Rolling Stone magazine, the singer said: “The republic is under siege by a moron, basically. Without overstating it, it’s a tragedy for our democracy.”

“The ideas he’s moving to the mainstream – white nationalism and the alt-right movement... are all very dangerous ideas,” Springsteen said and accused Mr Trump of offering “simple answers to very complex problems”.

Springsteen, who has dramatised the plight of working-class Americans in his music, said he understands how

Mr Trump could seem “compelling” to people who are economically insecure.

Mr Trump knows how to tell voters “some of the things they want to hear,” he said, including to people “uncomfortable with the browning of America.”

“I don’t think he’s going to win, but even him running is a great embarrassment if you’re an American,” he said.

Springsteen said Hillary Clinton would be a “very, very good President”.