United Kingdom, June 19 -- Bruce Springsteen has branded President Donald Trump a "moron" in a new scathing attack.

The Born in the U.S.A. hitmaker, who has been locked in war of words with the world leader, has branded the current state of his home country an "American tragedy" and lambasted the man in charge.

He told The New York Times: "It's an American tragedy.

"I think that it was the combination of the deindustrialisation of the country and then the incredible increase in wealth disparity that left so many people behind. It was ripe for a demagogue.

"And while I can't believe it was this moron that came along, he fit the bill for some people. But what we've been living through in the last 70 days is things that we all said, 'Thi...