US EditionGrammy Award-Winning Musician Trades Barbs with White House over Trump’s Oval Office Decor
Jack White criticized President Trump's Oval Office redesign as vulgar and accused the administration of dismantling democracy, prompting a rare direct insult from White House officials.
- Following a Tuesday rebuke from the White House, Jack White responded on Instagram Wednesday, Aug. 20 with a lengthy post after Steven Cheung called him a washed-up, has-been loser.
- On Monday, Jack White criticized President Donald Trump's Oval Office redesign as vulgar and gaudy, noting only his decor remarks prompted an official reply despite many policy grievances.
- White directly accused President Donald Trump and his aides in an Instagram post, writing, `Trump is masquerading as a human being` and `No intelligent person can defend this low life fascist`; he added, `It wasn't me calling out any of that`.
- White said being insulted by the White House was a `badge of honor` and criticized plans for a $200 million ballroom, building on last year's Seven Nation Army legal dispute.
- This dispute underscores a deeper ideological clash over politics and taste, with the White House recently rebuking entertainers like South Park and Steven Cheung defending the Oval Office's significance.
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Jack White Fires Back After Trump White House Calls Him a 'Has-Been Loser'
Jack White is going head-to-head with President Donald Trump's administration on social media -- and he's not holding back. It began earlier this week after the ex-White Stripes frontman shared his brutally honest thoughts on Trump's redecoration of the White House on Instagram on Tuesday. "Look at how disgusting trump has transformed the historic White House. It's now a vulgar, gold leafed and gaudy, professional wrestler's dressing room," Whit…
Jack White: Being Insulted by Trump White House 'Is a Badge of Honor for Me'
Jack White isn’t sweating the insults lobbed at him by Donald Trump’s communications director on Wednesday. “Being insulted by the actual White House that this particular conman leads is a badge of honor for me,” he wrote in a defiant statement posted Wednesday night to his Instagram account. In case you aren’t aware, on Monday, White made a rare public political statement criticizing Trump administration policies and values, along with the gaud…
Grammy Award-winning musician trades barbs with White House over Trump’s Oval Office decor
A war of words erupted earlier this week between the White House and musician Jack White over the former White Stripes frontman’s criticism of Donald Trump’s decorating choices, Billboard is reporting.
Jack White responds to White House calling him a 'has-been loser': 'Trump is masquerading as a human being'
"He's masquerading as a Christian, as a leader, as a person with actual empathy. He's been masquerading as a businessman for decades," the "Seven Nation Army" musician wrote.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Christopher Furlong/Getty Jack White in February; Donald Trump in JulyKey pointsA representative for the White House called Jack White a "washed-up, has-been loser" after he criticized the Oval Office's decor.White responded by saying he believes P…
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