Overview

• At the New York Film Festival on Sunday, Bruce Springsteen said the United States remains worth fighting for despite what he described as dangerous and divisive times.
• He performed an acoustic version of Land of Hope and Dreams after introducing his remarks to the Lincoln Center audience.
• He described himself as a musical ambassador who has measured the distance between American reality and the nation’s ideals.
• The comments came at the premiere of Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, a feature about the making of his 1982 album Nebraska directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeremy Allen White.
• President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized Springsteen on Truth Social, including earlier posts attacking him after his May remarks in Manchester.