Neil Young Is Worried Donald Trump Will Bar Him From America [View all]

Source: Rolling Stone

In a little over two months, Neil Young is crossing the Atlantic for his first European tour in six years. In light of recent actions by the Trump administration, he’s worried he won’t be allowed back in once it wraps.

“If I talk about Donald J. Trump, I may be one of those returning to America who is barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement floor with an aluminum blanket,” he wrote on the Neil Young Archives. “That is happening all the time now. Countries have new advice for those returning to America … If I come back from Europe and am barred, can’t play my USA tour, all of the folks who bought tickets will not be able to come to a concert by me.”

“That’s right folks,” he continues. “If you say anything bad about Trump or his administration, you may be barred from re-entering USA if you are Canadian. If you are a dual citizen like me, who knows? We’ll all find that out together.”

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Young is worried he might meet a similar fate for voicing his views while overseas, even though he’s a dual citizen. “If the fact that I think Donald Trump is the worst president in the history of our country could stop me from coming back, what does that say for freedom?” he asked. “It seems to me that if you voted for Kamala Harris over Trump, that makes it possible for you to go to jail or be detained, punished in some ways for not showing allegiance to what? How spineless is that? Trump is not able to stand up to anyone who does not agree with his ideas?”

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Trump's goal, of course, is to punish enough of his targets to get others to obey in advance.

It won't work with Neil Young or many others.

But it's tragic when Trump's bullying succeeds at all.

Kudos to everyone opposing Trump's destructive, anti-democracy, anti-freedom, anti-rule-of-law policies, actions and statements.

Rolling Stone included this video of Neil with Pearl Jam performing Neil's classic Rockin' In The Free World: