Pop star Ariana Grande demanded that the Trump administration stop using her music for political propaganda after the White House posted a TikTok video featuring her song “Bye” alongside footage of immigrant arrests. Grande called the move “barbaric, inhumane, and unacceptable stupidity,” and her team said they were exploring legal action to have the music removed.
The White House pushed back through spokesperson Abigail Jackson, who said what is “truly barbaric, inhumane, and unacceptable” are crimes committed by undocumented immigrants against American citizens. Grande has criticised the Trump administration before, but this clash — with its explicit threat of legal action — marks an escalation.
