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Green Day’s Mike Dirnt Says Band Was in No Rush to Diss Donald Trump: ‘It Was Just Low-Hanging Fruit’


The Green Day bassist opens up about why an “American Idiot”-esque song didn’t happen back in 2016, when Trump was president.

“It speaks to the fact that Billie’s dad was a Teamster truck driver, and his mom was a waitress, and somehow they could afford to raise five kids and buy a home, and that just doesn’t work for everybody anymore. Recently, lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong trolled Trump during the band’s performance at Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest(Dec. 31). Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024 in Hollywood, California.

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