JUST when you thought the presidential race across the pond couldn’t get any stranger, Bono cranks things up a notch.
The U2 singer has never been one to shy away from politics, but his latest act of protest at a benefit concert in San Francisco was spectacular even by his own lofty standards.
The Dublin band were performing at the Dreamforce event at San Francisco’s Cow palace when, over the bass line to Bullet the Blue Sky, Bono struck up a conversation with a virtual Donald Trump.
The Republican presidential candidate appeared on screen to engage in a ‘pseudo conversation’ with the man who called him “potentially the worst idea that ever happened to America” on an American chat show last month.
Incredible & riveting political statement as @u2's Bono creates a pseudo conversation with @realDonaldTrump in a surprise set at Dreamfest! pic.twitter.com/Aeq5tXXBGP
— Marc Benioff (@Benioff) October 6, 2016
Trump’s statements were prerecorded soundbites from his most polarising statements.
“Now candidate, you understand it’s not just Mexican people who are going to have a problem with this wall of yours,” Bono spoke up to the gigantic orange face on screen.
“It’s everyone who loves the idea of America, like the Irish, for example. Or the French, or the Brazilians. Everyone who loves the idea of America.
"Everyone who believes what they read at the foot at the bottom of the Statue of Liberty.”
Go on, Paul.
