The concert in Brooklyn was presented as both a joyous performance and an inspiring resistance event. The performer positioned the show as part of anti-Trump resistance from the start, pairing patriotic prayers with direct calls to defend American ideals. The message emphasized that democracy, the constitution, and the rule of law were being challenged by a reckless, racist, incompetent, treasonous president and his administration. The performance urged audiences to choose hope over fear, democracy over authoritarianism, ethics over corruption, resistance over complacency, truth over lies, unity over division, and peace over war. The band reinforced the stance by playing an anti-war song immediately after the word war was spoken.
"As soon as Springsteen uttered the word war, the E Street Band began blasting Motown's leading anti-Vietnam war song, War (What Is It Good For). Immediately came the roaring answer: absolutely nothing. It was Springsteen's not-so-subtle way of dissing Trump's disastrous war against Iran."
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