Legendary Canadian rocker Neil Young made his debut this week with a new song entitled Big Crime.
Young played a new track criticizing the Trump administration on his show in Chicago Wednesday, criticizing the Trump administration, and later posted the song's lyrics to the website of his Neil Young Archives.
“There's a big crime in DC in the White House,” the 79-year-old rock icon sings in the chorus. Other lyrics targeting Trump do not mention the president by name include “You don't need fascist rules, you don't want fascist schools, you don't want soldiers walking on the streets.”
“We've driven out the fascists, cleaned up the White House and made sure we didn't want soldiers on our streets,” Young sings.
He also takes Trump's signature slogan, “Make America Great Again,” and repeats “It's great again” throughout the song.
Young's new song sends thousands of National Guard troops and federal law enforcement officials to Washington to fight violent crimes he claimed to strangle the city. Last week, Trump said he wanted US$2 billion from Congress to glorify Washington as part of a crackdown on cities.
The development of Trump's efforts to override state and local government law enforcement is as he considers expanding its deployment to other democratically driven cities, including Baltimore, Chicago and New York.
Young, a Canadian-American dual citizen, has directly criticized Trump in the past. In May, he told Trump to stop “worrying” about Bruce Springsteen and other celebrities thinking about him.
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In a post on his website, Young told Trump that he should focus on “saving America from the chaos you created,” rather than discussing with celebrities who criticized him, like his recent feud with Springsteen.
“What are you worried about about guys?” Young wrote in the post. “The blues and thousands of musicians think you're ruining America. They're worried about it in place of the kids in Gaza's Diein. That's your problem.
“I'm not scared of you, nor the rest of us either. We closed FEMA when we needed it the most. That's your problem.
Young added that Taylor Swift is “right” and “so is the case with Bruce.” (Swift was one of Trump's Truth Social Posts in May. He wrote:
“You know how I feel. You're more concerned about yourself than you do in America,” Young added. “Wake up Trump!! Do you remember what the White House is?”
“You've forgotten your real job. You're working for us. Wake up Republicans! This guy is out of control. We need a real president,” Young concluded his post.
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Young's post called for a “major investigation” into the rock legend after Trump escalated his feud with Springsteen and then branded the Trump administration as “corrupted, incompetent and treason” at a concert in the UK.
In early April, the Harvest Moon singer expressed concern that he may not be allowed to re-enter the US after a European tour due to criticism of Trump.
Young talked about his fear in a post on the Neil Young Archives website.
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“When I play music in Europe, when I talk about Donald J. Trump, I might be one of those people who sleep on a cement floor in an aluminum blanket or return to America where I was jailed,” the folk rock icon wrote.
“If I come back from Europe and it's banned, and I can't play my USA tour, then all the people who purchased tickets can't come to the concert,” he added. “That's right. If you say anything bad about Trump or his administration, you might be forbidden to re-enter the US. If you're a Canadian, who knows if you're a double citizen like me? We'll find it together.”
As Young has done many times in the past, he has not refrained from his feelings about Trump in his post.
– Using files from Global News and Associated Press
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