White House Sparks Controversy After Posting Edited Drake Album Cover With MAGA Chain

The president shared a gross social media post, making light of ICE.


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The White House’s official social media accounts often post things that no other White House in history would ever conceivably post. One such post appeared on Friday morning.

With the caption “ICED OUT,” the image features a white studded glove, like the one Michael Jackson wore, holding a giant “blinged out” necklace that reads “MAGA.”

This is, once again, not a personal account of Donald Trump’s, or a fan account, but rather the official X account of the White House itself.

It was a reference, Rolling Stone reported, to the cover art for Drake’s new album, Iceman.

“The post was the latest stab at cultural relevance by the White House, which commonly skews hit songs or artists of the moment in MAGA-leaning fashion, often to the chagrin of the musicians themselves. Late last year, the White House used Sabrina Carpenter clips to promote their ICE agenda; “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” Carpenter said when the White House utilized her “Juno” in one of their ICE videos,” the Rolling Stone story said.

Drake does not appear to have responded, as some artists have in the past to Trump’s use of their work.

There were some pretty shocked reactions on social media to the post, which seemed to also be celebrating ICE’s brutality. And those reactions included plenty of Jeffrey Epstein references:

The plentiful pedophile jokes, to be fair, could be Drake references as much as they reference Trump and Epstein.

Photo courtesy of an X screenshot. 


Stephen Silver
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