Trump Takes Aim at Critics Back Home

After spending much of the week touring the Middle East in the company of Persian Gulf leaders not known for tolerating dissent, President Donald Trump was reminded Friday that in his own country, people are free to say whatever they would like about their president.

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He did not seem terribly comforted by this reality.

While flying back to Washington on Air Force One, he had evidently become aware that Bruce Springsteen had slammed him Wednesday while performing in England. Shortly after the plane took off from the international airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Trump posted on social media: "This dried out 'prune' of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country, that's just 'standard fare.' Then we'll all see how it goes for him!"

There were other posts aimed at other critics.