DISCLAIMER: This article was first published on March 26, 2026
The Trump White House, especially in the president’s second term, has posted many things on its official social media accounts that no other White House would, including partisan political attacks, memes, and juvenile name-calling.
Of late, though, the White House has been getting even weirder, posting cryptic stuff. On Wednesday, the White House posted and later deleted a brief video in which all that was visible was the top of a woman’s shoe, and someone could be heard saying, “It’s launching soon, right?” Speculation stated that this could be anything from a new military attack in Iran to a podcast by some MAGA figure.
“Two mysterious videos posted to the White House’s official X and Instagram accounts on Wednesday night generated buzz online, with the purpose of the short, vertically shot clips unclear. One video was later deleted,” CNBC reported. ”
The second short video, posted at 10 p.m. EST, showed a black, staticky screen with a phone notification sound playing. An American flag was visible in one frame. The post included emojis of a smartphone and sound.”
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Then, on Thursday, the White House posted what looked like a test pattern:
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 26, 2026
What was that post meant to convey? That’s still unclear. It may have been a jokey commentary on the odd posts from the previous day.
Social media users, though, had some theories, including lots of Jeffrey Epstein jokes.
It’s a blurred image of a pedophile. https://t.co/jCGAHyuNp1
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) March 26, 2026
https://t.co/NtJy8Ab6qp pic.twitter.com/f8K97UKE8P
— Homeland Dems (@HomelandDems) March 26, 2026
sneak peak of the new round of the epstein files being released: https://t.co/Q1Xar4ZFBB
— onion person (@CantEverDie) March 26, 2026
My Beautiful Dark Twisted White House https://t.co/y2cQsHE4z5
— based16z (@based16z) March 26, 2026
They fired the meme guy and hired the schizophrenic https://t.co/n6hzET0Ram
— Kaguya’s Top Gal (@hayasaka_aryan) March 26, 2026
We are at war, everything is unaffordable, gas costs $5, and meanwhile, this administration is posting cryptic messages like they’re about to drop an album. https://t.co/4at7PFibRZ
— Joe (@electionsjoe) March 26, 2026
What the fuck is this?! Weirdo trolling when there’s a political race going on is one thing, it’s a completely different thing when American lives are on the line and jagoffs in the White House are playing silly games instead of figuring out what to do in Iran.
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) March 26, 2026
Photo courtesy of an X screenshot.
