Dressed in a flannel jacket and sitting at a diner counter, and with a small American flag behind him, Springsteen nodded to his roots even as he tacitly acknowledged he’s now “one of the few” who would probably benefit from Trump’s economics. Springsteen said he is speaking out with his support because “we are shortly coming upon one of the most consequential elections in our nation's history.” He added, “Perhaps not since the Civil War has this great country felt as politically, spiritually and emotionally divided as it does then at this moment.” “It doesn't have to be this way,” Springsteen continued.