Donald Trump Jr. recently made waves on Twitter after expressing his displeasure with certain
commercials in the Super Bowl LV game. In his now-viral tweet, Don Jr. condemned the
Super Bowl ads for leading the charge on a movement that he referred to as "woketopia."
Mere minutes into the 2021 Super Bowl, Donald Trump's son fired off a tweet that read:
"One comercial in and it's already woketopia."
Predictably, many of Don Jr.'s devoted followers were quick to support his criticism. One Twitter
user echoed his sentiments, writing:
"I would love to watch a sporting event without politics or wokeness being involved."
Trump Jr. didn't specify which ad, in particular, he was referring to, but subsequent social
media shade may have unravelled that particular mystery. In early February, it was revealed
that the legendary singer, songwriter, and musician Bruce Springsteen had been arrested
on DWI charges in November 2020 in his native New Jersey. To make matters worse, this DWI
news broke after Springsteen drummed up positive press for his appearance in a 2021 Super Bowl
commercial. The Boss appeared in a Jeep ad that offered up sentiments of hope and patriotism
— exactly the same type of Super Bowl ad that Donald Trump Jr. appeared to be criticizing
on Twitter for being "too woke." Upon hearing of Springsteen's recent DWI arrest, Don Jr.
quickly took to the internet to air his grievances. He tweeted:
"Wow. Glad [Springsteen's] doing phony preachy car commercials during the #SuperBowl."
He then fired off yet another tweet that read:
"Was he in a Jeep? #SuperBowl."
So how has the internet reacted to Donald Trump Jr.'s attempts to troll the Boss on
Twitter? Well, even though The Boss has perhaps been in better graces with the public, some
people are still feeling like Trump Jr. could have a "Hungry Heart" — especially given
the current political climate. Attaching an image of a ticket issued to Don Jr. in 2001
for public intoxication, one Twitter user wrote:
"Glass houses knuckle head!!"
Meanwhile, another said:
"You should probably be watching the impeachment trial. They just mentioned you. [Your] whole
family should be more than a little nervous right now."
Yet another critic tweeted:
"Dude. You really wanna go there? While you're tweeting about someone's DUI, I'm watching
never before seen footage of your daddy's foot soldiers trying to assassinate our former
VP."
Finally, one user said:
"At least [Bruce Springsteen] built a career, opposed to being the product of nepotism."
So yeah, people weren't generally in the mood to hear from Don Jr., especially in the midst
of his father's second impeachment trial. Meanwhile, according to TMZ, Springsteen was
apparently "cooperative" during his arrest. The singer is scheduled to appear in court
in February 2021. It's not a great look for the rocker, but clearly, plenty of folks think
Donald Trump Jr. should still quiet down.
Still, that doesn't mean the Boss is off the hook entirely. Indeed, many people were less
than thrilled with the classic rock singer's Jeep commercial to begin with. Springsteen,
who performed at President Joe Biden's inauguration concert, rarely appears in commercials or
makes splashy on-screen appearances. And, judging by the reception his Super Bowl ad
received, maybe it's better that way.
The New York Post described the two-minute TV commercial, entitled "The Middle," as "tone-deaf."
The ad features Springsteen driving a 1980 Jeep CJ-5 to a Chapel in Kansas, where he
finds the exact center of the lower 48. The singer then calls for unity, hoping people
can find the middle ground between red and blue. Obviously, this message didn't sit well
with many. As one Twitter user summed up:
"The more I think about the Bruce Springsteen Jeep ad, the more disgusted I get. It's allegedly
a call for unity, but it is drenched in a very particular culture's iconography: a Christian
church (that superimposes the cross on the US flag), farms, rural living [...] the kind
of 'unity' designed to comfort."
That ad has now been pulled — not because of its reception, but because of the news
of the arrest of its leading man. As such, both Bruce Springsteen and Donald Trump Jr.
have clearly seen better days. Maybe they can just meet in the middle? Or, then again…
maybe not.
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