Bono Snaps Back Hard at Trump’s Call for an Investigation Into Him and Others Over Harris Support: ‘There Will Be Trouble’
U2 frontman Bono bit back at President Donald Trump’s call for an investigation into him and other A-listers by predicting, “There will be trouble.”
Bono joined late-night host Jimmy Kimmel this week and addressed a lengthy Truth Social rant from the president that targeted him, Bruce Springsteen, and Oprah Winfrey over their support of former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
Trump called for a “major investigation,” suggesting Harris’s campaign paid for endorsements, something that has been denied, including by Bono in his Kimmel interview.
Kimmel began by asking Bono whether he was on the side of Trump or fellow rocker Springsteen, who recently went viral after ranting against Trump and his policies during a UK concert. Trump responded by attacking the New Jersey-born musician, including posting a mock video showing him hitting the musician in the head with a golf ball.
“I think there’s only one boss in America,” Bono said about the Trump/Springsteen feud, referring to the latter’s longtime nickname.
After Kimmel read Trump’s long Truth Social message, Bono joked he was cutting in on Kimmel’s attention, referencing the late night comedian’s own feud with the president.
“I don’t want to cut in on your actions because I know the president at 1 a.m. or 1:30 or whatever that was is usually thinking about you,” Bono said.
He denied that he’d been paid by any politician for his support.
“Two points I’ll make. One, to be in the company of Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, and Oprah, I’d play tambourine in that band. And two, U2 and I have never been paid or played a show to support any candidate from any parts. That never happened,” he said.
He added in a shot against Trump’s Truth Social, joking the platform seemed “pretty anti-social and not very true.”
Bono predicted “trouble” when it comes to Trump, citing his humanitarian work in combating AIDs and poverty in nations like Africa through organizations like ONE. According to the musician, he works with lots of conservatives and evangelicals — he closely worked with former President George W. Bush during his time in office — and many of them are angry with their past support over Trump as he’s slashed humanitarian programs through his federal cuts and shutting down of USAID.
“We’ve got a lot of very religious Catholics, evangelicals, conservatives, who are very, very, very angry with the person that they voted into office, having demolished instruments of mercy and compassion, like USAID or PEPFAR, which had saved 26 million lives of people who had AIDS around the world,” he said. “That’s the America that we love. That’s the America that we all want to be part of, and they are not happy, and there will be trouble.”
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