If you’re a fan of System Of A Down and “love Trump” Serj Tankian says “you’re a hypocrite”

The System Of A Down struggle continues as Serj Tankian has once again spoken out against President Donald Trump, while drummer John Dolmayan sends praises to the leader of the U.S.

System Of A Down fans have been waiting in the wings for new music since their 2005 albums Mesmorize and Hypnotize dropped. With frontman Serj Tankian noting that the band “haven’t been able to see eye-to-eye creatively,” it seems that their issues may lie with the differences in drummer John Dolmayan and Tankian’s political opinions.

Neither band member has been silent with their opinions on the current leader of the U.S., President Donald Trump. While Tankian has called for Trump, and his regime, to resign, Dolmayan has taken a different approach towards the president, noting (in his opinion) that Trump is “the greatest friend to minorities.”

Continuing on, Dolmayan has called the current movement to defund the police “idiotic” and has stated “you can’t handle free speech because you are cowards.”

Even yesterday, the drama of System Of A Down carried on with Dolmayan noting that “it’s very unlikely” the band will ever make new music with the winding road of opinions driving them.

Now, frontman Tankian has noted that not only does he think that System Of A Down fans don’t listen to their lyrics, but that if you’re a fan of their music and “love Trump, you’re a hypocrite — just a simple fact.”

In a new Instagram post, Tankian has shared the lyrics to “a very early” song titled ‘Temper’: “If you love this song or play along to it and love Trump, you’re a hypocrite-just a simple fact,” he wrote.

The lyrics of ‘Temper’ note the issues the U.S. has both faced and caused over the years, while directly addressing issues that the United States is currently facing today.

Whichever side you’re on, it’s safe to say that Serj Tankian and John Dolmayan might never agree with each other, and our hopes of new System Of A Down music dwindles as the days towards the United States election creep ever closer.

Check out System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian’s Instagram post:

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A very early @systemofadown song that was on one of our demos-lyrics below: if you love this song or play along to it and love Trump, you’re a hypocrite-just a simple fact :) “Temper” We want peace with Patriot missiles, Blown to bits are civilian targets, Parade! Laugh! Rejoice! Sing! We’re the victors of…nothing, Spend more money on a war, Your people starving, turned to whores, Slaves of the chosen one paying millions for each bomb, Country without a race , Formed from people you disgrace , White right conservative might , Killers of Kennedy’s with no fright , The American way! Freedom cried the marching man, Flags ripped out of their black hands , Beaten! Slain! Tortured! Killed! Their only mistake was being born here , Invade countries just for oil , Send your troops all down to boil , Iraq! Grenada! Nam and Chile! Truman doctrine our own way , Country without a race , Formed from people you disgrace , White right conservative might , Killers of Kennedy’s with no fright , The American way! The Government (FBI-CIA) here can suck my balls , Policing the world in overalls , Armed rebellion minority , Disrespected race, color, mind , Crazed loonies all walk the streets , Missing children on milk cartons , Mother selling child for crack , Mr. President check your back , Country without a race , Formed from people you disgrace, White right conservative might , Killers of Kennedy’s with no fright , The American way! The American way! The American way!

A post shared by Serj Tankian (@serjtankian) on Jun 16, 2020 at 12:57am PDT

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