In spite of the fact he cannot cast a vote in the US election, Roger Waters has expressed his opinions on its potential candidates. The songwriter has shared his reservations regarding the potential presidency of democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, suggesting that she “might become the first woman president to drop a fucking nuclear bomb on somebody”.
The British citizen told Rolling Stone that if he could vote, he’d “cast [his] lot” with Democrat nominee Bernie Sanders, and said that while Hillary Clinton is a “far better alternative than any of the Republican candidates by a long, long way,” he has some concerns.
Hillary worries me. I have an awful worry that she might become the first woman president to drop a fucking nuclear bomb on somebody. There is something scarily hawkish about her, and she has that politician look down of, ‘You are never going to get a word of truth out of me.’
Of course, it’s not the first time that Waters, famed for his controversial political outbursts, which include comparing the modern Israeli state to Nazi Germany, has expressed his views on the election. A month ago the Pink Floyd composer labelled Donald Trump “pig ignorant”, and went on to say that Trump was “entrepreneurship gone wrong” and the “epitome of anything that might be considered bad”.
He did however, have some positive words to say about Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate, Sanders: “He’s the only person in the race that I see with any credibility. He seems to speak the truth, far as one can tell at this point. He seems prepared to stand up against big money and the banks and stand up for the predicaments of minorities, the middle class and the working class.”
