One other day, one other petty spat between the White Home and a giant star.
This time, musician Jack White has reentered the ring to take some swipes at Donald Trump’s “gaudy” Oval Workplace makeover, calling out the president for his “vulgar” show of gold-plated statues and cheesy trim throughout what was once a extra modestly styled presidential retreat.
“Look at his disgusting taste, would you even buy a used car from this conman, let alone give him the nuclear codes?” White wrote through Instagram on Tuesday.
“A gold plated trump bible would look perfect up on that mantle with a pair of trump shoes on either side wouldn’t it? What an embarrassment to American history,” White stated.
And whereas the person behind “Icky Thump” isn’t the one one who has referred to as out the crude inside design selections happening on the White Home, White’s put up was apparently sufficient to reignite a feud between the rock star and the Trump administration.
“Jack White is a washed up, has-been loser posting drivel on social media because he clearly has ample time on his hands due to his stalled career,” White Home communications director Steven Cheung instructed the Every day Beast.
“It’s apparent he’s been masquerading as a real artist, because he fails to appreciate, and quite frankly disrespects, the splendor and significance of the Oval Office inside of ‘The People’s House.’”
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That prompted White to clap again once more on Wednesday, calling out Cheung—and White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt—for being “professional liar toadies” who’ve been “covering up and masking fascism as patriotism and fomenting hatred and division in this country on a daily basis.”
The famend musician made an fascinating commentary.
“… how funny that it wasn’t me calling out Trump’s blatant fascist manipulation of government, his Gestapo ICE tactics, his racist remarks about Latinos, Native Americans …” White wrote, and continued with a litany of the president’s lawless actions and abusive insurance policies.
“No, it wasn’t me calling out any of that, it was the fucking DECOR OF THE OVAL OFFICE remarks I made that got them to respond with insults. How petty and thin skinned could this administration get?”
After all, Cheung’s choice to name White “washed up” has a specific irony to it, given Trump’s previous authorized run-in with the musician.
Megastar Beyonce is amongst many musicians who’ve instructed Trump to cease utilizing their music.
In 2024, White filed a lawsuit towards Trump for utilizing his track “Seven Nation Army” in a marketing campaign video. The lawsuit was in the end dropped, however the president has acquired many stop and desist orders from musicians who need nothing to do with him or his insurance policies.
Artists like Beyoncé and Eddy Grant have additionally demanded that the convicted felon keep away from their music, whereas Panic! On the Disco’s Brendan Urie very particularly despatched the Trump marketing campaign a pleasant “Fuck you” whereas including, “stop playing my song.”
Regardless of all this pushback, Trump and his minions appear to relish in choosing fights by attempting to poke at A-listers’ expertise after they don’t align with the MAGA means.
Naturally, Taylor Swift is “no longer HOT” due to her open help of Democratst—regardless of her record-breaking world tour and legendary loyal following.
Even Bruce Springsteen, whose songs Trump has used quite a few occasions throughout his rallies, was dismissed as “highly overrated” after the artist referred to as out the president for being corrupt.
Then once more, that is the wannabe autocrat who took over the Kennedy Heart Honors to appoint his personal roster of MAGA-supportive artists—versus “woke” artists—for the annual awards.
Buck up, Donnie; a minimum of you’ll at all times have the musical stylings of Child Rock.
