According toBruce Springsteen, the nation is under siege by a moron and that moron isDonald Trump.

The Boss himself offered a verbal smackdown of the Republican presidential nominee in a new interview forRolling Stone.

The republic is under siege by a moron, basically, he said.

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The whole thing is tragic.

Without overstating it, its a tragedy for our democracy.

When you start talking about elections being rigged, youre pushing people beyond democratic governance.

And its a very, very dangerous thing to do.

These are things that are obviously beyond the pale for any previous political candidate, he added.

It would sink your candidacy immediately.

He continued, Trumps thing is simple answers to very complex problems.

Fallacious answers to very complex problems.

And that can be very appealing.

I like Hillary, Springsteen concluded.

I think she would be a very, very good president.