--- --- # Bruce Springsteen Calls Donald Trump a Con Man in a New Protest Song by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 20, 2017 1:37 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 20, 2017 1:37 PM UTC [Bruce Springsteen](http://time.com/4540388/bruce-springsteen-on-harry-potter/) teamed up with his longtime collaborator Joe Grushecky for a [protest song targeting President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4620605/bruce-springsteen-on-donald-trump/), titled “That’s What Makes Us Great.” The song, which premiered on SiriusXM Wednesday, tackles a number of Trump’s actions with lyrics like “Don’t tell me a lie / And sell it as a fact / I’ve been down that road before / And I ain’t going back.” Later on in the song, he sings “And don’t you brag to me / That you never read a book / I never put my faith / In a con man and his crooks.” Springsteen was a visible supporter of Trump’s opponent, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, as well as President Barack Obama. A vocal critic of Trump, the rock star said “the republic is under siege by a moron” in a 2016 [_Rolling Stone_](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruce-springsteen-calls-donald-trump-a-moron-w441761) interview. He later called the government’s restrictions on travelers “fundamentally un-American” during a concert. > [](https://twitter.com/springsteen/status/826056506130956288) The song is available to purchase for 99 cents [Gruschecky’s website](https://www.joegrushecky.com/store/catalogue/details/product%5Fid:1095). Bruce Springsteen to Trump: That's What Makes America Great ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4748080/bruce-springsteen-donald-trump-song/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4748080/bruce-springsteen-donald-trump-song/"},"headline":"Bruce Springsteen Calls Donald Trump a Con Man in a New Protest Song","datePublished":"2017-04-20T13:37:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:59.992Z","description":"The rock star released a new song targeting the President","url":"https://time.com/4748080/bruce-springsteen-donald-trump-song/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","Music","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4748080/bruce-springsteen-donald-trump-song/","name":"Bruce Springsteen Calls Donald Trump a Con Man in a New Protest Song"}}]}] ```