Sydney - American rock star Bruce
Springsteen, who supported Hillary Clinton during the recent
presidential election campaign, said on Sunday his band joins a
global "new resistance" against US President Donald Trump.
"It feels a long ways away, but our hearts and our spirits
are with all the millions of people that marched yesterday, and
the E Street Band, we are part of the new resistance,"
Springsteen told reporters in Perth, at the beginning of his
Australian tour.
Trump's inauguration on Friday and his defiant pledge to end
"American carnage" was followed by a weekend of mass protests
across the United States and internationally.
Hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets of
Washington and other capitals around the world on Saturday for
"sister marches," mocking and denouncing the new U.S. leader the
day after his inauguration.
Speaking before a 3.5 hour set at Perth Arena, Springsteen
described Trump as a "demagogue", but added he hoped Trump's
infrastructure programme succeeds in bringing jobs to places
where layoffs have hit hard.
Since his inauguration, the Trump administration has
reiterated plans to abandon an ambitious Asia-Pacific trade
pact, the Trans Pacific Partnership, and renegotiate other trade
deals.