Bono: America is at a “rather low ebb” and don’t mention the ‘T’ word

U2 front man Bono said that America is at a low ebb and don’t ask him about Donald Trump.

Bono (Paul David Hewson) didn’t want to talk about the possibility of a second Trump term in office during a joint television interview with fellow band member Edge (David Howell Evans). Why he was asked about Trump in the first place is not clear, other than Bono works with American presidents at times to do good works. He’s a progressive who does lend his time and fundraising abilities for whatever the cause is.

He did open up about this desire to see a united Ireland in his lifetime. Seems Bono is jealous that Trump gets so many headlines. Heh.

When asked by Washington correspondent Siobhan Kennedy if a second Trump administration would make America ‘lower’, the singer simply remarked that the controversial politician already had enough news coverage.

He said: ‘We don’t mention the T-word. He already has enough headlines that man.’

Please. President of the United States outranks a member of a band, no matter how successful they are. He’s happy to talk about his country, as it should be. Leave U.S. politics to us.

Likening the relationship between Northern Ireland and the Republic to that of a couple, he suggested that the two areas were currently ‘dating’ but not yet ‘married’.

The 63-year-old said: ‘We might not be at the falling in love stage, but we’re dating.

‘I think in the south, we have done an amazing job at transforming our society – it feels freer, it feels fair – it’s not fair enough, we’ve got an issue with housing, there are problems in Ireland – but I think we look more and more attractive to our northern partner.’

He concluded: ‘It could and wouldn’t it be wonderful. This pond is too small for a feud among frog.’

Edge added that the question of Irish unity should be about common ground and community, not power and sovereignty.

Both men are concerned about the alleged loss of freedoms. They said that democracy is going through “an existential crisis.” That’s code from progressives when some parts of the world trend more conservative-leaning than the socialist left would like.

‘All of our life, all of our adult life, the world was getting more free – since we were born basically. And for the first time, it’s going in reverse.

‘We always thought sexual politics were improving, gender politics, race relations, everything like that. So we’re definitely at some kind of existential crisis there too – not just in the climate – but in the politics.’

All of things are improving, of course. Gender politics probably means transgender activism, perhaps men competing in women’s sports. The improvement there is that some sane people are (slowly) coming forward and saying enough is enough. Erasing women from women’s sports has to stop.

Don’t worry, my fellow Americans. Bono is confident that America can bounce back from our alleged low ebb. He said the West’s technological edge over less free societies is the reason for that confidence. ‘So I’ll bet on freedom and I bet that America comes back from this rather low ebb that it is at presently.’

Gee, thanks, Bono. I’m sure I’ll sleep well tonight with that positive thought. We’re at a low ebb but he doesn’t have the stones to elaborate, I guess.