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The social media account of the White House has once again been generating a buzz, but not necessarily for the right reasons. While you might assume the official channels for the President of the United States are concerned with important issues like keeping us informed on what the Commander-in-Chief is up to, the current political situation, and things like budget announcements, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
Instead, those behind promoting the image of President Donald Trump have once again had their roles called into question. In the aftermath of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency trying to trim the fat on federal spending and axing thousands of jobs, there are complaints that the Trump administration's social media teams are simply goofing around.
Following an embarrassing May 4 post that seemed to suggest the POTUS was a villainous Sith Lord from Star Wars, the White House's official X account has been called out for jumping on the popular Jet2 trend.
For those who don't know, the UK airline has recently gone viral on TikTok as people use narration from its "Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday" advert placed over embarrassing holiday videos.
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The Jet2 trend is everywhere right now, with voice artist Zoe Lister becoming an overnight sensation and even Jurassic Park's Jeff Goldblum releasing his own "Nothing beats a Jeff2 holiday" video.
The videos also include Jess Glynne's "Hold My Hand" as the backing track, but after the White House mocked immigration with its take on the Jet2 trend, the artist has clapped back.
The controversial video shows ICE agents in the process of escorting undocumented people onto a GlobalX deportation flight. This was accompanied by a caption that read: "When ICE books you a one-way Jet2 holiday to deportation. Nothing beats it."
Glynne took to Instagram to slam the American government, writing: "This post honestly makes me sick. My music is about love, unity, and spreading positivity — never about division or hate."
She was joined by Lister, who wrote on her own story saying: "What can be done about the White House using Jet2’s sound and my voiceover to promote their nasty agenda?”
The comments on the White House post were a mixed bag of laughter and disgust. One person tagged Jet2 and asked whether the British airline was okay being associated with the 'joke', while someone else wrote: "Normal, sane, government stuff."
Glynne wasn't the only one who branded it as 'sick', as another added: "The White House make me sick using the Jet2 sound for an ICE deportation video. How can any decent human being support this?"
Someone's response got over 81,000 likes as they wrote: "Jet2 should sue the White House and I’m not even joking."
Despite the backlash and Glynne's response alongside the wider discontent from the general public, the post is still up on the account.
All of this comes at a time when President Trump's controversial One Big Beautiful Bill Act promises $170 billion for border control, with $45 billion focused on detention. This boost will see ICE's funding climb by $76.5 billion over the next five years and reach a peak that's nearly 10 times what it currently gets annually.
