White House Calls Bruce Springsteen’s ICE Protest Song ‘Random’ and ‘Irrelevant’
Kory Grow
created: Jan. 30, 2026, 3:22 p.m. | updated: Feb. 1, 2026, 10:53 p.m.
“The Trump administration is … not [focused on] random songs with irrelevant opinions and inaccurate information,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told The Hollywood Reporter.
The “random” song in question was “Streets of Minneapolis” by a singer who’s anything but random: Bruce Springsteen.
Some of the song’s “irrelevant opinions” are things like killing unarmed U.S. citizens like Renée Good is wrong, resisting federal tyranny, and condemning lies spread by Trump henchmen like Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem.
And of course, there are more “random songs” with “irrelevant opinions” arriving every day.
Rolling Stone has begun compiling a growing list of protest songs by NOFX, My Morning Jacket, Billy Bragg, and others.
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