A rumor that singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen and movie producer Robert De Niro stated they had been leaving the U.S. following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory within the 2024 presidential election circulated on-line in November 2024.
For instance, on Nov. 17, 2024, the Fb web page The Patriots Community posted (archived) a meme that includes a picture of Springsteen with textual content studying: “Bruce Springsteen is Leaving the US Alongwith [sic] Robert De Niro ‘No Respect For Us Right here.'” That put up had acquired round 16,000 reactions and 6,300 feedback on the time of this writing.
In a remark, an administrator for the web page linked to an article (archived) offering additional particulars in regards to the declare. The article was dated Nov. 18 and appeared on SpaceXMania.com, an internet site affiliated with the web page.
Additionally on Nov. 17, the Fb web page SpaceX Fanclub posted (archived) a meme consisting of a collage of pictures of each Springsteen and De Niro, with textual content studying: “Bruce Springsteen, Robert De Niro Say Goodbye to the U.S, ‘No Respect Right here.'” That put up had acquired round 5,000 reactions and a pair of,700 feedback.
An administrator for the SpaceX Fanclub web page left a touch upon the put up linking to an article on the affiliated web site Esspots.com (archived). That article, although not equivalent to the SpaceXMania.com one, was additionally dated Nov. 18 and included lots of the identical particulars.
A collage exhibiting the 2 posts aspect by aspect could be seen beneath.
(Fb pages The Patriots Community and SpaceX Fanclub)
Some readers appeared to interpret the rumor as a factual recounting of real-life occasions. For instance, one Fb person responded to the Patriots Community put up by writing: “The one request I’ve is that they’ve their citizenship canceled and so they can by no means reside in America once more.” In response to the SpaceX Fanclub put up, a distinct Fb person wrote: “Like they deserve respect. Good bye. Do not let the door hit you in your means out.”
Nevertheless, there was no credible evidence that both star had made any such announcement.
Slightly, the rumor about Springsteen and De Niro leaving the nation originated with The Patriots Network and SpaceX Fanclub — Fb accounts that, together with their affiliated web sites SpaceXMania.com and Esspots.com, are a part of a community that describes its output as being satirical in nature. The Patriots Community’s data part acknowledged:
The Patriots Community is a Community of Satire and Parody affiliated with SpacexMania.com
Equally, SpaceX Fanclub’s data part learn:
We put up SATIRE, nothing on this web page is actual.
The SpaceXMania.com and Esspots.com articles likewise each concluded with disclaimers stating:
NOTE: That is SATIRE, It is Not True.
The fictional story unfold weeks after Trump gained the 2024 election, through which each Springsteen and De Niro publicly supported Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid.
Each stars have beforehand made feedback about leaving the nation over politics. In 2020, Springsteen told a reporter he may transfer to Australia if Trump was reelected. (Springsteen later clarified that he supposed the remark as a joke.) Equally, in 2016, when a reporter requested De Niro whether or not he would go away the U.S. if Trump grew to become president, the movie producer responded: “That is a great query — I do not know.”
Nevertheless, there was no proof that both Springsteen or De Niro made feedback alongside the identical traces relating to the 2024 election.
The Patriots Community and SpaceX Fanclub Fb pages, together with their related web sites, have a history of creating up stories for shares and feedback.
Snopes has addressed comparable satirical claims about celebrities together with Megan Rapinoe and Taylor Swift vowing to depart the U.S. over the 2024 election outcomes.
For background, right here is why we alert readers to rumors created by sources that decision their output humorous or satirical.
