Neil Young is back at it—again. The Canadian rocker, who’s been comfortably raking in American dollars since the 1960s and only got around to applying for U.S. citizenship in 2020, has launched yet another full-blown tirade on his personal website, targeting Donald Trump, ICE officers, and basically anyone in government not marching to his tune. And let’s just say, subtlety is not on the playlist.
In his latest rant, Young didn’t just go after Trump’s policies—he torched the entire system. “Wake up people!” he wrote, accusing the former president of running a government filled with “wannabes,” “wife beaters,” and “inexperienced leaders” who lie to maintain their positions.
His post, dripping with outrage and dramatic flair, reads more like a political screenplay than a reasoned critique. “It’s ICE cold here in America,” Young declared, claiming—incorrectly—that ICE didn’t even exist before Trump. Quick fact-check: ICE was created in 2003, long before Trump ever took office.
But why stop there? Young doubled down, accusing Trump of turning cities into battlegrounds in a grand plot to impose martial law and cancel elections.
That’s right—he went full conspiracy theory, echoing internet basement forums more than the thoughtful musings of a legendary songwriter.
And just to round it out, he capped things off with a vague call to protest and a rambling ode to “love,” somehow trying to blend Woodstock vibes with doomsday paranoia.
It’s not the first time Young has played the protest game with his music either. Last August, he dropped yet another anti-Trump protest song after federal agents were sent into Washington D.C. to combat surging crime.
That initiative led to over 3,800 arrests and actually helped stabilize the city—but you won’t hear that in Young’s lyrics.
And for all his performative gestures, like pulling music from Amazon and Spotify in the name of political virtue, he’s quietly returned it all not long after. That pattern of outrage-then-retreat has become a bit of a signature move.
At the end of the day, Neil Young is still free to say what he wants. But when the same guy who built a career in America, made millions here, and only recently decided to join the citizenry starts telling Americans how to run their country—well, it starts to sound more like noise than nuance.
