Jack White Responds to Trump Official Calling Him a “Washed-Up, Has-Been Loser”

Jack White is a longtime critic of President Donald J. Trump and his administration, and the musician has even taken legal action towards the politician and his marketing campaign. The newest chapter within the saga of White vs. White Home got here earlier this week when the White Stripes rocker insulted Trump’s redecoration of the Oval Workplace, saying that it now seems to be like “a vulgar, gold leafed and gaudy, skilled wrestler’s dressing room.” The barb elicited a response from Steven Cheung, the White Home communications director, who informed The Daily Beast that White is “a washed up, has-been loser posting drivel on social media as a result of he clearly has ample time on his fingers because of his stalled profession.”

Cheung additional defended his boss’ aesthetic decisions, telling the outlet: “It’s obvious he’s been masquerading as an actual artist, as a result of he fails to understand, and fairly frankly disrespects, the splendor and significance of the Oval Workplace inside ‘The Folks’s Home.’”

The confrontation continued yesterday (August 20), with White sharing a prolonged assertion towards Trump and his administration on Instagram. White criticized Trump’s “blatant fascist manipulation of presidency, his gestapo ICE techniques, his racist remarks about Latinos, Native People, and so on. his ridiculous ‘wall’ development, his assaults on the disabled, his tried coup and mob riot and destruction of the sacred halls of congress,” and many extra. He went on to make use of Cheung’s phrases towards Trump, writing that the president “is masquerading as a human being,” and “masquerading as a christian, as a frontrunner, as an individual with precise empathy.”

A number of artists—together with Margo Price and Michigander’s Jason Singer—have supported White within the feedback on his publish. “You hit a fuckin’ nerve ‘cuz they don’t put out statements this size for earthquakes and shootings,” Patton Oswalt wrote. “Maintain going.” Cat Energy’s Chan Marshall added, “LOVE YOU JACK❤️‍🔥.”