Irish rocker and U2 frontman Bono, who President Donald Trump recently suggested should be investigated for involvement in Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, spoke up for fellow musician Bruce Springsteen this week in an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmell Live.”

Springsteen recently drew the ire of Trump by calling the current administration “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous” during a concert in England. Trump responded with a post on Truth Social, his social media outlet, questioning whether Springsteen’s appearances at Harris’ campaign events were legal, and calling for “a major investigation” into Springsteen as well as Beyonce, Oprah Winfrey and Bono.

“HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT? WHY DID HE ACCEPT THAT MONEY IF HE IS SUCH A FAN OF HERS? ISN’T THAT A MAJOR AND ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION? WHAT ABOUT BEYONCÉ? …AND HOW MUCH WENT TO OPRAH, AND BONO??? I am going to call for a major investigation into this matter. Candidates aren’t allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of paying for entertainment.” Trump posted.

Kimmell asked Bono on Tuesday night’s show, “Whose side are you on? Trump or Bruce Springsteen?”

Bono laughed and said, “I think there’s only one ‘Boss’ in America,” referring to Springsteen’s nickname.

And if there was any doubt as to which “Boss” he was referring to, he followed that up by saying, “To be in the company of Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce and Oprah? I’d play tambourine in that band.”

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member was unsure why he was included in Trump’s list.

“U2 and I have never paid or played a show to support any candidate from any party. That has never happened,” Bono said. “You know, it’s called Truth Social. It seems to be pretty anti-social, and it’s not very true a lot of the time.

“A clue to being in such esteemed company might be the fact that I co-founded the One Campaign, which is, by design, non-partisan, and 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 has saved 26 million lives of people who have AIDS around the world,” Bono told Kimmell. “That’s the America we love, that’s the America we all want to be part of. They are not happy and there will be trouble.”

USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) and PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) are foreign aid programs that have been hit by the administration’s budget cuts.

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