Last Thursday, the U2 leader, Bono, went as a musical guest to the program Jimmy Kimmel Live!one of the most followed interview and entertainment spaces of American night television, broadcast on the ABC chain. During the talk, the presenter, Jimmy Kimmel, asked about the war of statements that the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has maintained with several artists who supported the campaign of the Democratic candidate in the last elections in the country, Kamala Harris, including Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé and himself.
When asked if he was “with Trump or Springsteen,” Bono laughed and replied: “There is only one boss in the United States.” With that phrase, the singer winks the springsteen nickname, The Boss, and unworthy the controversy with a joke. The tension between the president and Springsteen was lit after a concert in London, where the musician criticized some of the White House policies hard.
In Donald Trump’s preference social network, Truth Social, driven by himself, the president came to demand “a thorough investigation” to know “How much did Kamala Harris pay Bruce Springsteen during the campaign?”, And launched similar questions about Beyoncé, the journalist Oprah Winfrey and Bono himself, hinting possible irregular irregularities in contributions to the political campaign.
Bono took the opportunity to clarify two things: first, that “being in the same band as Springsteen, Beyoncé and Oprah is an honor, even playing the tambourine”; And second, which has never charged or offered a concert to support any political candidate: “That has never happened.”
The Irish also joked with the name of the president’s social network: “Social Truth seems quite antisocial, and is almost never very truthful.” In addition, he suggested that Trump could be confusing the “singer Bono” with One Campaign, the NGO that he co -founded to improve health and economic opportunities in Africa. An organization, he stressed, “impartial and without partisan ties.”