The White House X account on Monday posted a video showing migrants being arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, set to a soundtrack of Sabrina Carpenter’s hit song “Juno.”
Carpenter responded to the ICE video on Tuesday with an X post of her own, calling the White House’s video “evil” and “inhumane.” The singer replied to the video with the comment, “this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
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Politicians, and in particular President Donald Trump, have a long history of using musicians’ work without their permission. In fact, there’s an entire Wikipedia entry for the phenomenon: Musicians who oppose Donald Trump’s use of their music.
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In addition, the White House has a history of posting memes, AI slop, and viral social videos that dehumanize undocumented immigrants, a strategy that’s proven popular with Trump’s base. The fact that the White House posted an ICE video that angered a popular celebrity is a feature, not a bug, of this social media strategy.
The song “Juno” also has a history of going viral. It played a central role in Carpenter’s “Short n’Sweet” tour, with Carpenter incorporating a new simulated sex position into the song’s choreography during each of her performances. The lyrics, “Have you ever tried this one?” are now being appropriated by the White House for a new kind of viral moment.
The White House didn’t waste time in responding to Carpenter’s X post.
A White House spokesperson provided this comment to Fox News Digital: “Here’s a Short n’ Sweet message for Sabrina Carpenter: we won’t apologize for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country. Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid, or is it slow?”
