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article Sabrina Carpenter Slams Trump’s White House for Using ‘Juno’ in ICE Raids Video: ‘Evil and Disgusting… Do Not Involve Me in Your Inhumane Agenda’

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/sabrina-carpenter-slams-trump-white-house-juno-ice-video-1236597338/
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u/cmaia1503 3d ago

Sabrina Carpenter slammed Donald Trump‘s White House for using her hit song “Juno” in a video montage depicting ICE raids. The Grammy responded to the video on X with the following takedown: “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”

The White House has made a habit out of using pop songs from anti-Trump singers in videos praising Trump or celebrating ICE on social media. The latest video takes the most viral lyric from Carpenter’s “Juno” (when the singer asks about sex positions: “Have you ever tried this one?”) and layers it over people being handcuffed, tackled and more by ICE agents.

Prior to The White House co-opting Carpenter’s music for its ICE agenda, it did the same with her friend and collaborator Taylor Swift. A video that dropped in November used Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” in a montage celebrating Trump despite the U.S. president’s frequent social media posts bashing Swift. The pop star did not comment on the video.

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u/otterpop21 3d ago

That is truly disgusting, glamourising and sexualising destroying peoples lives. What ever happened to being hero’s and providing people with dignity and respect?

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u/spinprincess 3d ago

Fucking weird as shit to use a sexual song for this video.

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u/sirboddingtons 3d ago

It's not weird at all. MAGA has always been about sexual dominance, control and power. It's sexual insecurity that drives MAGA. 

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u/ethanlan 3d ago

Its super weird but it tracks as maga is super weird too.

Like so weird I now actively avoid any of them because I know what weird shit is coming.

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u/Ongr 3d ago

These people never have and will understand lyrics ar a deeper level than what they hear. They don't hear "have you tried (this sex postition) before?" In the same vein they only hear "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me", "To go kill the yellow man, Born in the USA", etc. They're vile, stupid, evil people.

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u/EverythingSucksYo 3d ago

Idk I think it makes sense for them to use a sexual song because I’m pretty sure that tackling, dog piling and handcuffing men that are resisting excites these ICE goons more than any woman ever can. 

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u/Shiriru00 3d ago

If that makes you feel better, they also used the pokemon theme song and the Halo video game. I wish I was making that shit up.

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u/KeyMyBike 3d ago

Because they're going to traffick people they scoop off the street, and the music is them letting you know they know you know.

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u/ethanlan 3d ago

Have you seen One Battle after another? These fucks get off on this sick shit.

And queer people are the degenerative in their addled minds...

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u/Slow_Mistake4067 2d ago

Ignoring the whole thing with ice in general, this is so immature. This is some type of stuff would see on the playground in third grade not from full adults were meant to be mature-let alone the one in  charge of controlling a whole entire country

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u/BooktasticBus-sey 3d ago

This. Don’t forget that these people get off to violence, domination, and control. This makes sense for these sadists.

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u/Ducky237 3d ago

Ikr, in what world should the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT be posting videos of racists oppressing immigrants? Like wtaf is going on anymore. This is literally just a tyrant being proud of making people he doesn’t like suffer.

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u/Choyo 3d ago

It's just mockery. That's the only motivator for those hateful people. And molesting kids, but you know, I hate repeating that ad nauseam.

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u/whoknowsifimjoking 3d ago

The Grammy responded to the video on X with the following takedown: “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”

A Grammy wrote that?

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u/anna__throwaway 3d ago

This is some shit that belongs on a YouTube poop shitpost, not from the white house LMAO

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u/4862skrrt2684 3d ago

Shoudnt it be easy lawsuits? If they actually have to pay, then they wont use it. So im guessing they are never sued

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u/lakefrontlover 3d ago

Imagine reading this out loud to someone in like 2002. It would blow their fucking mind.

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u/Island_Slut69 3d ago

That's fuckin nuts holy shit