Jack White doesn't hide his feelings about the outcome of the recent US election.
The prolific musician, who filed a copyright lawsuit against President-elect Donald Trump in September with his White Stripes partner Meg White, took to social media on Wednesday (November 6) to share his thoughts on the win of Trump over Kamala Harris at the polls.
“Trump won the popular vote. End of story,” White wrote in his post. “Americans elected a known, obvious fascist and now America will get whatever this unnecessary dictator wants to enact from here on out.”
White's post was paired with a text image of a Turkish proverb to highlight his apparent distrust of Americans who voted against their interests. As he continued, he noted the reality of what a second Trump term would entail, specifically mentioning the implementation of Project 2025, a nationwide abortion ban, mass deportations and more.
“It's absolutely insane that this con man managed to pull the wool over so many Americans not once, but twice,” he added.
“The racist, indicted, 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 people with disabilities, called his veterans a mockery army, who instigated a rebellion that stormed the nation's capital in the name of God (!!!), the failed businessman whose ventures have all gone bankrupt, a fake Christian who sold Bibles and sneakers as a Halloween show, etc etc etc. ,” White wrote.
White closed his post by pointing out how Trump is actively working against some of his biggest supporters, including Christians, immigrants, veterans, minorities, women and working-class Americans.
“All those rich chumps riding in their Cybertrucks listening to Rogan and Bannon and Alex Jones podcasts 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 electorate this time, but the American people with the popular vote have shown that the citizens put him in power and now they deserve whatever mischief he's going to do.”
White's historical disdain for Trump is well documented, with both he and Meg White criticizing Trump's “illegal” use of their 2003 single “Seven Nation Army” in the 2016 campaign, noting that they were “disgusted by this connection”.
Trump again decided to use the White Stripes track for his campaign earlier this year, with White's threats of legal action leading to a lawsuit filed in September. The lawsuit specifically accused Trump and his campaign of “grossly misappropriating” one of the “most famous and influential musical works of all time.”
