Rock legend Neil Younger ― a fierce critic of President Donald Trump ― on Tuesday voiced fears that he will not be allowed to reenter america after his upcoming European tour.
On his official web site, the Canadian-born musician ― who in 2020 turned a twin Canadian-American citizen ― shared his concern of being detained on his return to the U.S. amid reviews that some individuals crucial of Trump have been denied entry into the nation.
“When I go to play music in Europe, if I talk about Donald J. Trump, I may be one of those returning to America who is barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement floor with an aluminum blanket,” he wrote. “That is happening all the time now. Countries have new advice for those returning to America.”
Younger continued: “If I come back from Europe and am barred, can’t play my USA tour, all of the folks who bought tickets will not be able to come to a concert by me.”
“If the fact that I think Donald Trump is the worst president in the history of our great country could stop me from coming back, what does that say for Freedom?” he requested.
Younger additionally slammed Trump’s obvious focusing on of opponents as “spineless” and advised the president is unable “to stand up to anyone who does not agree with his ideas.”
Learn Younger’s commentary in full on his web site.
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The musician is about to tour throughout Europe in June and July.
Stops are scheduled in Norway, Denmark, Eire, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK and France. He’s slated to return to the U.S. for a live performance in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Aug. 8.
Younger has been a longtime critic of Trump.
In 2020, he sued Trump’s reelection marketing campaign for repeatedly utilizing his songs — together with “Rockin’ in the Free World” and “Devil’s Sidewalk” — at marketing campaign occasions, with out permission.
Younger later sarcastically advised Trump play one other of his tracks, “Lookin’ for a Leader,” which he’d reworked to instantly criticize the president.
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When a wildfire destroyed Younger’s Malibu dwelling in 2018, the singer slammed local weather change-denying Trump as a “so-called president” who “cares more for his own, convenient opinion than he does for the people he leads.”
