Apparently, the White House has nothing better to do than go after Sabrina Carpenter and a beloved Canadian turtle
The story thus far: The Trump White House, not a bunch that respects copyright or intellectual property when it comes to music (ask The White Stripes, Taylor Swift, Kenny Loggins, Olivia Rodrigo, British singer Jess Glynne and a number of others), thought it would be funny if they infringed on Sabrina Carpenter’s “Juno” from her album, Short’N’Sweet. Someone in the administration soundtracked an ICE video with the song to celebrate immigration raids.
It shows masked ICE thugs going after people in what looks like Chicago. When she sings the line “Have you tried this one?,” we see several clips of ICE agents chasing, tackling, and handcuffing people in the street. Some victims have their faces blurred, others do not.
Have you ever tried this one?
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 1, 2025
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She rightly flipped out, posting “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
The White House, which is very proud of its infringing inflammatory memes, has responded through spokesperson Abigail Jackson: “Here’s a Short n’ Sweet message for Sabrina Carpenter: We won’t apologize for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country. Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid, or is it slow?”
Someone at the White House commented to Zeteo that it feels free to use popular music in their videos, including “vocally anti-Trump performing artists, in order to trigger a negative response from a famous liberal and provide further amplification of their pervasive culture war. We did it on purpose.”
So musicians are now enemies of the state? These are not serious people running the US.
Hey, America! This is your tax dollars at work–and so is this.
Frankin the Turtle, a Canadian creation and beloved by kids worldwide, was heinously re-purposed by Pete Hegseth to make fun of his illegal attacks on supposed drug boats in the Caribbean. Franklin was dreamed up by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois for a series of children’s book, published by Kids Can Press. The books were turned to a TV show by Nelvana. Both companies are owned by Toronto’s Corus entertainment.
Hegseth is a creep, bully, infringer, and war criminal. You thought it funny to use a children’s character to own the libs while you’re ordering the military to double-tap people in international waters without due process? Franklin, in case you’ve never seen the show, is big on self-respect, courage, honesty, empathy, and friendship, things Hegseth doesn’t know anything about.
Have you ever tried this one?
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 1, 2025
Bye-bye 👋😍 pic.twitter.com/MS9OJKjVdX
This has since snowballed into a series of meme posts by MAGA types and sh*tposters on the cesspool that is Xitter. I wpn’t link to them, but they’re out there.
I hope there’s a big lawsuit. For billions.
