Trump Cabinet’s TikTok post uses song they’ve been sued
Most members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet have launched official TikTok accounts after the Department of Justice cleared the platform for federal staff.
Cabinet secretaries joined the app concurrently on Tuesday, July 21, as a part of an official strategy to achieve youthful audiences and normalize authorities communication on the platform.
Announcing the launch of the new official accounts, the White House wrote on X, “The Trump Administration Cabinet JUST HIT TIKTOK. Don’t miss a second of the hype. See you there.”
The promotional post featured the signature riff from The White Stripes’ 2003 song Seven Nation Army, which was beforehand at the middle of a authorized dispute with Donald Trump.
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump aide Margo Martin posted a video of him boarding an plane as the song performed in the background, prompting Jack White – who was one half of the rock duo, alongside his ex-wife Meg White – to sentence the usage.
“Don’t even think about using my music you fascists,” Jack fumed in an Instagram post responding to the video.
“Law suit coming from my lawyers about this (to add to your 5 thousand others.) Have a great day at work today Margo Martin,” he warned.
Despite the clip being deleted ultimately, Jack adopted by way of along with his authorized menace, as the White Stripes filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in September 2024, which named Trump, Martin and the Trump campaign as defendants.
The swimsuit accused Trump and his team of “flagrant misappropriation” after they used the observe’s “highly-distinctive and immediately recognizable introductory riff” as the soundtrack to a clip documenting Trump boarding a airplane to go to campaign stops in Michigan and Wisconsin.
However, two months later, in November 2024, the band dropped the lawsuit.
The former band members selected to dismiss the claims “without prejudice,” which suggests they might probably resolve to carry them again.
The latest coordinated rollout of TikTok accounts follows a call by the Justice Department to clear federal staff to make use of the app on work devices, which occurred after the platform’s US operations had been bought to a US-backed three way partnership involving Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX.
The Trump Administration Cabinet JUST HIT TIKTOK.
The collective group presence will be discovered by way of the administration’s devoted accounts, alongside Trump’s extremely energetic private profile.
An official Cabinet account has been launched by the White House to archive “iconic moments” and updates instantly from the administration’s top officers.
A White House account will likely be used to distribute broader govt messaging to the platform’s viewers.
Among the new accounts created are the US Departments of Energy, Veterans Affairs (VA), Education, Justice, Homeland Security, Interior and Health and Human Services (HHS).
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin also have particular person accounts.
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