Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford explained his distaste for Donald Trump in a recent interview with Newsweek, saying he is "not a Donald Trump supporter" and that it is "scary how one person or a few people can have that much control and dictate such an outcome." Halford, who is openly gay, expressed his concern how Trump's policies have furthered political divisions between partisan groups and have alienated minorities and LGBTQ groups, admitting, "I have so much faith in this country. But it does seem as though the brakes have been slapped on."
"I'm not an American citizen, but I live in this country and eventually want to become an American citizen because I love this country so much," Halford told the magazine. "I'm not a Donald Trump supporter for a lot of reasons, but it's not only happening in America. It's happening in other parts of the world, as well, and it's very dangerous. I was born in 1951. We were still recovering from that evil bastard Adolf Hitler and the horrible things he did."
"When I was a kid, trying to make sense of the world, I would think, 'Well, maybe in about 10 years there will be no more of this.' And then it's still there. It's like what threatens the Force in 'Star Wars'. It won't f***ing go away. There's always a Darth Vader somewhere, f***ing it up for the rest of us. Most of humanity just wants to live a peaceful life, don't we?"
"It's a very shaky time right now," Halford added. "I have so much faith in this country. But it does seem as though the brakes have been slapped on. It's indeed disturbing, and it's such a shame, because throughout the Obama administration, tremendous things were achieved on the basis of human equality. That's the issue here. Treating one bunch of people this way, and treating this bunch that way. You can't do that. You have to give everybody the same rights."
Halford admits that many of his fans are also Trump supporters but he wants to set those differences aside. "There's a ton of metalheads that are supportive of (the Trump) administration. That's great. That's okay. You're not bringing that to the show. We're there to all join together, and that is the beautiful thing about a free, transparent society — which we don't appear to have right now. Some fans are completely opposite to me politically. But we can still be in the same room and have a good time and hopefully have a good discussion while respecting each other's opinions."
In other Judas Priest news, the band recently earned their highest ever position chart debut with their album Firepower.
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