The White House blasted former White Stripes frontman Jack White after he voiced his disgust for the Oval Office’s new décor on this week.
White House communications director Steven Cheung wasted no time ripping the rocker, labeling him a “washed-up” performer desperate for attention.
“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,” Cheung said.
He added that the musician had been “masquerading as a real artist” while showing blatant disrespect for “the splendor and significance of the Oval Office inside of ‘The People’s House.’”
Rock icon Jack White slams Trump's transformation of the Oval Office in a new Instagram post:
"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. Can't wait for the UFC match on… pic.twitter.com/J9pvqgFCS6
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The biting remarks came after White shared a photo on Instagram showing Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting inside the Oval Office.
While the two leaders had gathered to discuss peace in the Russia-Ukraine war, White ignored the high-stakes talks and instead attacked the room’s décor.
White mocked the gold details on the fireplace behind Trump and Zelenskyy, sneering, “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.”
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“Can’t wait for the UFC match on the front lawn too, he’s almost fully achieved the movie ‘Idiocracy,’” White added, taking aim at Trump’s plans to host a UFC fight on the White House lawn during America’s 250th anniversary celebrations.
The musician’s tirade continued with a string of insults aimed at both Trump and his decorative choices.
“Look at his disgusting taste, would you even buy a used car from this conman, let alone give him the nuclear codes?” he ranted on.
“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.”
Since the start of his second term, Trump has overseen renovations to the Oval Office, adding new gold trim and displaying a framed copy of the Declaration of Independence near the Resolute Desk.
Trump just moved the Declaration of Independence into the Oval Office!
1776 Has Commenced AGAIN!!! pic.twitter.com/BBmvOzdmyC— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) March 18, 2025
Reports have also surfaced that Trump intends to add a ballroom to the White House at a projected cost of $200 million.
White seized on the photo to praise Zelenskyy for finally putting on some formal wear, while insulting the president, writing, “Also pictured in this photograph, a REAL leader of a nation in a black suit.”
Doubling down after the White House rebuke, White responded by calling Trump “an orange grifter” and claiming “he is a danger to the whole world.”
Rock legend Jack White responds to being called “washed up” by the Trump administration: “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 as nothing he's… pic.twitter.com/k3Q37eHopI
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He went on to mock Trump’s business ventures, saying, “No intelligent person can defend this low life fascist. This bankrupter of casinos. This failed seller of trump steaks, trump vodka, trump water, etc.”
“This man and his goon squad have failed upwards for decades and have fleeced the American people over and over,” he added.
In another bitter line, White quipped, “‘Masquerading as a real artist’? Thank you for giving me my tombstone engraving! Well here’s my opinion, Trump is masquerading as a human being.”
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Figurines, side tables, mirrors, etc. gilded or created with gold. Including gold eagles.
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The musician also accused Trump of faking his faith and compassion. “He’s masquerading as a Christian, as a leader, as a person with actual empathy,” White said.
“That orange grifter has spent more tax payer money cheating at golf than helping ANYONE in the country. Improve. Anything.”
White claimed that the administration’s quick response to his décor insult showed how “petty and pathetic and thin-skinned” it was.
New decor in Oval Office pic.twitter.com/c1nWkSKLoH
— The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) August 7, 2025
“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, etc,” White wrote.
“No, it wasn’t me calling out any of that, it was the f***ing DECOR OF THE OVAL OFFICE remarks I made that got them to respond with insults.”
White then launched into a lengthy political rant, accusing Trump of ignoring global humanitarian crises.
He referenced “the dying children in Sudan, Gaza, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” as well as “his lack of empathy for military veterans and those struggling with poverty.”
He also mocked Trump’s plans for the White House grounds. “So MAGA folk, enjoy your paving over your rose garden, your 200 million dollar ballroom in the White House, and your gaudy a-s gold spray painted trinkets from Home Depot, cause he ain’t spending any money on helping YOU unless you fit into his white supremacist country club rich idiot agenda.”
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Cheung fired back yet again, telling Fox News Digital, “Trump Deranged liberals like him are so predictable and easily triggered. I’m glad we live rent-free in his rotted, pea-sized brain.”
But White wasn’t finished, turning his fire on Trump’s staff. “His staff of professional liar toadies like Steven Cheung and Karoline Leavitt have been covering up and masking his fascism as patriotism and fomenting hatred and division in this country on a daily basis,” he claimed.
In a follow-up Instagram caption, White invoked history to accuse Trump of authoritarianism. “I was raised to believe that we defeated fascism in World War II and that we would never allow it again in the world.”
“I don’t always state publicly my political opinions, and like anyone I don’t always know all of the facts, but when it comes to this man and this administration I’m not going to be like one of the silent minority of 1930’s Germany.”
The rocker concluded by warning his followers, “This man is a danger to not just America but the entire world and that’s not an exaggeration, he’s dismantling democracy and endangering the planet on a daily basis, and we. all. know. it.”