Jack White Reflects On ‘Wannabe Dictator’ Donald Trump’s Election Win: ‘Americans Chose A Known, Obvious Fascist’
Jack White is not hiding his feelings about the result of the recent U.S. election.
The prolific musician, who filed a copyright lawsuit against President-elect Donald Trump in September with his White Stripes bandmate Meg White, took to social media on Wednesday (Nov. 6) to share his thoughts about Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris at the polls.
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“Trump won the popular vote. End of story,” White wrote on his post. “Americans chose a known, obvious fascist and now America will get whatever this wannabe dictator wants to enact from here on in.”
White’s post was paired with a text image of a Turkish proverb to higlight his apparent incredulity at Americans voting against their own interests. As he continued, he noted the realities of what a second Trump term would entail, specifically mentioning the implementation of Project 2025, a nationwide abortion ban, mass deportations, and much more.
“It’s absolutely dumbfounding that this con man succeeded in pulling the wool over so many Americans eyes not once, but twice,” he added.
“The racist, impeached, convicted felon and convicted rapist who stole national secrets and hid them in his bathroom, who told us to inject bleach, who wanted to fix hurricanes with nuclear weapons, who insulted handicap people, called military veterans suckers, who incited an insurrection that invaded the nation’s capital for God sakes (!!!), the failed business man who’s ventures have all gone bankrupt, a fake Christian selling bibles and sneakers like a carnival side show, etc etc etc.,” White wrote.
White closed his post by pointing out how Trump actively works against some of his biggest supporters, including Christians, immigrants, veterans, minorities, women, and working class Americans.
“All those rich pricks riding in their Cybertrucks listening to their Rogan and Bannon and Alex Jones podcasts are laughing all the way to the bank looking forward to their tax cuts that don’t apply to the middle class,” he concluded. “And not just with the electoral college this time, but the American people with the popular vote showed that the citizens placed him in power and now deserve whatever evils he’s going to enact.”
White’s historical disdain for Trump is well-documented, with both he and Meg White criticising Trump’s “illegal” usage of their 2003 single “Seven Nation Army” in his 2016 campaign by noting they were “disgusted by this association”.
Trump again decided to use The White Stripes’ track for his campaign earlier this year, with White’s threats of litigation resulting in a lawsuilt filed in September. The suit specifically accused Trump and his campaign of “flagrant misappropriation” of one of the “most well-known and influential musical works of all time.”
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