Overview

• Donald Trump used Truth Social to accuse Bruce Springsteen, Bono, Beyoncé and Oprah of making illegal contributions to Kamala Harris’s 2024 campaign and vowed to open an investigation.
• On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Bono denied ever playing shows or accepting payments to back any political candidate and criticized Truth Social as unreliable.
• The U2 frontman affirmed solidarity with Springsteen and other targeted artists, quipping that he’d “play tambourine” in their band.
• Bono cautioned that Trump’s reductions to USAID alongside PEPFAR funding threaten HIV/AIDS research and have provoked bipartisan outrage.
• He highlighted that his One Campaign network, which spans liberal and evangelical conservatives, has rallied against the administration’s aid cuts.