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Jack White has spoken out again on social media and sharply attacked President Donald Trump and his administration. On Friday, the musician criticized the US Treasury Department’s plans to have Trump’s signature printed on all new US banknotes. Traditionally, US dollar bills only bear the signatures of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Treasurer – it would be the first time that a sitting president’s signature appeared on banknotes.
“Oh, how humble!” White wrote mockingly in a lengthy Instagram post, suggesting Trump use his “little hands to legally immortalize his solemn orange face on the front of the hundred dollar bill.” White also castigated the move because the announcement comes at a time when ordinary Americans are struggling with skyrocketing costs of living. Trump’s campaign against Iran, which began on February 28, has pushed up gasoline prices, which could lead to inflation and further exacerbate economic pressures on the population.
“The TSA agents sell blood plasma to pay their rent while he takes a day off, cheats at golf, and bombs other countries for fun. Gasoline prices are skyrocketing while a global crisis of HE’s making rages in the Middle East,” White continued. The singer-songwriter noted that Trump has, in the meantime, found time to tour Graceland, chat on Fox News and legislate his “inflated, self-absorbed signature on all U.S. banknotes.”
The guitarist is an outspoken Trump critic
“Wouldn’t it be funny if someone started a campaign to have their name crossed out in black permanent marker on every new bill?” White continued. “It’s obviously illegal to deface money, so I would never suggest a national campaign like that… but is anyone allowed to break the law whenever they feel like it, or just Donnie?”
The guitarist is an outspoken Trump critic. Last month, White attacked the president for his declaration of war against Iran and his hypocritical stance on peace. “Behold the leader of the ‘Peace Council,'” White wrote in a social media post at the time. “For the next war announcement, Donny, may I suggest putting your feet up on the Resolute Desk while eating a Big Mac in your velvet tracksuit?”
