Barbra Streisand's typical fan was a 62 year old Housewife Jersey Jew just like Bette Middler. She couldn't be more irrelevant if She tried. Her last album didn't even chart.
BS needs a new fan base to replace to defunct one. Why not sell records to those who want to have their opinions validated with the anti Trump lyrics? That would include Soros types who could buy songs in volume and pay for excess airtime. And don't forget, knocking Trump gives lefty cred, thus inoculating the filthy rich person from being labeled as one of the greedy hoarders by those lefties.
I really doubt she "would lie awake at night with Trump’s outrages running through her head." She is wealthy enough that she could cut back expenses and live like an average rich person, and donate all that extra cash to causes like hospitals, homeless, schools, scholarships, and even pay down the government debt.
If you go through vinyl record bins in thrift stores, you quickly realize BS minted records like the Treasury minted pennies, and so did Barry Manilow. Gotta wade through piles of BS and BM to find anything decent from the vintage eras.
Hard to believe BM went bankrupt several years ago. Musta spent money like a drunken divorcee with the money spigots on full tilt.
She couldn't be more irrelevant if She tried. Her last album didn't even chart.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/414014-barbra-streisand-doesnt-matter-if-i-offend-trump-supporters-who