Jack White hits back at Trump
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New York Magazine on MSNWhite House Feuds With Jack White Over ‘Gaudy’ Trump Décor
Communications director Steven Cheung unloaded on the musician for failing to “appreciate” Trump’s aggressively gold renovations.
Jack White is not backing down from calling out Donald Trump and has taken the biggest swipe at the president and his reputation.
The musician described the Oval Office as a "vulgar, gold leafed and gaudy, professional wrestler's dressing room."
White's post continued at length, with the musician quoting Theodore Roosevelt in his caption: "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."