(KRON) – Rock musician Jack White apparently has a unique aesthetic to President Donald Trump when it comes to inside design. The previous White Stripes frontman took to Instagram on Monday to critique what he referred to as Trump’s “gaudy” makeover of the Oval Workplace — and prompting the White Home to reply.
“Look at how disgusting Trump has transformed the historic White House,” White wrote in his preliminary submit, alongside a photograph of Trump assembly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “It’s now a vulgar, gold leafed and gaudy professional wrestler’s dressing room. Can’t wait for the UFC match on the front lawn too, he’s almost fully achieved the movie ‘Idiocracy.'”
Gold leaf inlays, wall hangings, framed work and different objects have been seen within the background of the Oval Workplace photograph White shared on Instagram.
President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy within the Oval Workplace on the White Home, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photograph/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
“Look at his disgusting taste, would you even buy a used car from this conman, let alone give him the nuclear codes?” White continued. “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 added, whereas additionally calling Zelenskyy a “REAL leader of a nation.”
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In an announcement offered to shops together with USA Immediately and The Every day Beast, White Home communications supervisor Steven Cheung responded to White’s criticisms, and took just a few pictures at White’s profession.
“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,” reads the assertion. “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.'”
In response to the White Home’s assertion, White, a a number of Grammy winner, posted a prolonged response on Instagram, accusing Trump of “masquerading as a human being,” but in addition “as a Christian, as a leader, as a person with actual empathy” and “as a businessman.”
White additionally mentioned he thought it was “funny” that his remarks in regards to the Oval Workplace’s décor prompted an announcement from the White Home, when he may have as a substitute criticized Trump over his “ICE tactics,” his “attempted coup and mob insurrection,” or his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, amongst a number of different criticisms White lobbed at Trump within the submit.
“This man and his goon squad have failed upwards for decades and have fleeced the American people over and over,” White wrote, partially.
This April 1, 2019 file photograph reveals Jack White acting at Loretta Lynn’s 87th Birthday Tribute in Nashville, Tenn. The brand new album, “Help Us Stranger” is about to be launched Friday, June 21, 2019. (Photograph by Al Wagner/Invision/AP, File)
This isn’t the primary time Trump has come underneath fireplace from White. In 2016, his band, the White Stripes — a duo consisting of himself and Meg White — took situation with Trump utilizing their music “Seven Nation Army” in a marketing campaign video for his 2016 presidential bid.
“The White Stripes would like to unequivocally state that they have nothing whatsoever to do with this video,” reads a message posted to the band’s Fb web page in 2016. “They are disgusted by this association, and by the illegal use of their song.”
Moreover, forward of the 2024 election, White criticized celebrities who “normalize” Trump.
“Anybody who ‘normalizes’ or treats this disgusting fascist, racist, con man, disgusting piece of s— Trump with any level of respect is ALSO disgusting in my book,” he mentioned on the time in an Instagram submit.
Following Trump’s re-election in November, White additionally slammed the president as an “obvious fascist” and “wannabe dictator.”
