Jack White isn’t staying quiet, The White Stripes guitarist has publicly criticised Donald Trump following the U.S. launch of Operation Epic Fury against Iran, a joint military action with Israel targeting what Trump described as the country’s nuclear program.
Taking to Instagram on February 28th, White tore into the president’s televised address announcing the strikes, mocking both the optics and the messaging behind it.
“Don’t you love seeing him declare war on a country while wearing a trucker hat that says ‘USA’ on it?” White wrote alongside an image of Trump speaking, he followed it with a sharper jab:
“Behold the leader of the ‘Board of Peace,’” before adding, “For the next war announcement donny, may I suggest having your feet up on the Resolute desk while eating a Big Mac in a velvet track suit?”
‘Board of Peace’ Under Fire
Trump established the Board of Peace earlier this year, positioning it as an initiative focused on stability and reconstruction in conflict zones, with himself serving as chairman (per Billboard).
White clearly isn’t buying the branding:
“Venezuela, Greenland, Iran, Cuba, what’s the difference right?” he wrote. “don jr. and barron won’t have to fight or die, just other people’s children, so… invade and bomb away! New sign ups for the ‘board of peace’ starting at one billion dollars! Can you believe donny hasn’t received a real Nobel Peace Prize yet? Unfair! Maybe in his third term he’ll get one.”
As always with White, the sarcasm lands hard.
A Long Running Feud
White has been an outspoken critic of Trump for years, repeatedly accusing the president of promoting racist and authoritarian ideologies. Most recently, he condemned Trump over a since deleted social media post that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, asking, “How is it possible we’ve given this evil man so much power?”
White has never played it safe politically, he’s treating this latest escalation the same way he approaches his music, loud, direct, and impossible to ignore.
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