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Veteran rocker Neil Young is under fire after unveiling a new politically charged song that targets Tesla owners and criticizes President Donald Trump.

The 79-year-old musician performed *“Let’s Roll Again” *during a charity concert in Los Angeles in April.

In the newly debuted track, Young takes a swipe at electric car drivers, suggesting their political alignment with conservatives.

“If you’re a fascist, get a Tesla / It’s electric, it doesn’t matter,” he sang, continuing with, “If you’re a Democrat, taste your freedom / Get whatever you want, taste your freedom.”

The song plays on partisan divides, with jabs at the GOP and appeals to American automakers.

“Come on Ford, come on GM / Come on Chrysler, let’s roll again,” he sang, urging U.S. companies to produce cleaner, safer vehicles.

“Build something special that people need / Build us a safe way for us to meet / Build something that won’t kill our kids / Runs real clean.”


He closed one verse with a jab at the country for falling behind in technological advancement.

“Come on America, let’s get in the race / China’s way ahead, they’re making clean cars,” Young crooned.

The online reaction of Young’s new single was swift and brutal. One X user mocked the aging singer’s appearance, calling him “a deranged scarecrow” and ridiculing the song as “a geriatric fever dream of a protest.”

“Neil, you sound like a college freshman who just discovered Reddit,” the post continued.

“Nothing uglier than a toddler in its late 70s,” another added. “Neil Young has always been an idiot. Getting old just made him dumber,” someone else wrote.

The backlash came not only because of the lyrics but also due to the song’s timing.

Young’s attack on Tesla appears to be a thinly veiled jab at Elon Musk, who currently serves as head of President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Musk was appointed as a special government employee and is scheduled to step away from the role at the end of May, as per federal ethics limits on days of service.

Young’s contempt for Musk seems to stem from more than just the auto industry.

In a post on his website earlier this month, the singer portrayed the billionaire as a danger to the country, claiming, “He is a threat to America, enabled by our president because of the millions he spent supporting our president’s election.”

This isn’t Young’s first confrontation with Trump, either. Back in 2020, he filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop the Trump campaign from using his hit song “Rockin’ in the Free World” at rallies.

The case was later dropped, but Young has remained publicly critical of the president.

More recently, Young voiced personal fears that his open criticism of Trump could land him in legal trouble.

“When I go to play music in Europe, if I talk about Donald J. Trump, I may be one of those returning to America who is barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement floor with an aluminum blanket,” he wrote.

Young warned that he could be prevented from reentering the country, and fans with tickets to his American tour would be left in the lurch.

According to the singer, recent government actions are endangering civil liberties.

“If the fact that I think Donald Trump is the worst president in the history of our great country could stop me from coming back, what does that say for Freedom?” he wrote.

He complained that dissent could now lead to detainment, questioning whether “voting for Kamala Harris over Trump” might result in punishment.

In another post, Young declared, “Our rights to free speech are being taken away and buried by our government.”

He claimed that reporters who disagree with the administration have been denied interviews with the president and accused the government of gathering private data from devices to deny entry to certain travelers.

“Canadian-Americans like me have had their freedom threatened,” he stated.

Young, a dual citizen of Canada and the United States, suggested that he and others who criticize the Trump administration may be targeted.

“If you don’t agree with our government, you are barred from entering or sent to jail,” he warned.

His wife, actress Daryl Hannah, also commented on Young’s legal battles, particularly his effort to become a U.S. citizen in 2020. She alleged that officials had tried to interfere with the process.

“They tried every trick in the book to mess him up,” she told the BBC, adding that he was repeatedly called back for re-interviews.

“It’s ridiculous [because] he’s been living in America and paying taxes here since he was in his 20s.”

Despite Young’s concerns, his claims about being barred from reentry or detained due to political views have not materialized.

The musician doubled down anyway, urging his followers not to trust the current administration.

“Don’t let your knowledge be limited by today’s politics and the controlling Trump agenda,” he wrote. “You elected this president. He is your President.”

Young ended one of his posts with a nostalgic nod to American values: “One country, indivisible, with Liberty and Freedom for all. Remember that? I do.”

On social media user is over Young’s antics and ready for the musician to retire.

“Time to unplug his amp and his internet, he’s gone full granola lunatic,” they wrote.

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