After facing sharp criticism from Sabrina Carpenter and her fans, the Trump White House has quietly removed a controversial video that featured her song “Juno” in a post promoting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity.
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The post quickly went viral—but not for the reasons the administration may have hoped, as the White House seemingly deleted the post on Friday without explanation.
On Tuesday (Dec. 2), the pop star slammed the government for posting a compilation of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers chasing, tackling and handcuffing people on the streets while a snippet of the Short n’ Sweet hit “Juno” plays. “This video is evil and disgusting,” Carpenter wrote on X.
“Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” she continued.
Following Carpenter’s objection earlier this week, in a response shared with Newsweek, spokesperson Abigail Jackson said, “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?”
As of press time, the White House has not posted an explanation for the removal, and representatives for Carpenter have not issued additional comment beyond her viral reply. Carpenter closes a breakout year with multiple Hot 100 hits and a sold-out arena run, and “Juno” remains one of her most visible live moments.
The deleted clip followed recent instances in which official Trump-era channels paired pop hits with political messaging — a tactic that’s drawn pushback from artists such as Olivia Rodrigo, who last month condemned the White House for pairing a video encouraging self-deportations to her song “All-American Bitch.”
“Don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda,” she wrote at the time.
The recent use of Carpenter’s “Juno” was especially charged given the song’s fan-favorite status on Carpenter’s Short ’n Sweet Tour, where she playfult “arrested” people for being too attractive just before performing “Juno” each night. Before the trek wrapped in November after more than a year on the road, Carpenter had distributed fuzzy pink handcuffs to everyone from Millie Bobby Brown, to TWICE, SZA and Miss Piggy of The Muppets.