There’s nothing funny about Donald Trump’s threats to forcibly acquire Greenland or the terrifying scenes of immigration agents detaining a five-year-old child in Minnesota this week as “bait” to draw members of his family out of their home.
But on Wednesday (Jan. 21), Jack White found time to lighten the mood (a bit) with a lengthy Instagram post in which he mocked the president’s 81-minute rambling press conference on Tuesday (Jan. 20), during which Trump weaved around more than usual as he touted what he considers to be his administration’s first-year achievements.
“Me do accomplishments! Trump smart. Good boy deserve Nobel Peace Prize! Dementia? What is? NO! Trump smart, pass brain test, name giraffe. Me President of Venezuela and Canada. Me want Greenland too for fun,” White wrote in a Hulk-channeling post alongside a picture of Trump holding up a thick sheaf of papers titled, “The White House: President Donald J. Trump ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS OF JANUARY 20, 2026.”
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer took satirical aim at a number of headline-worthy items, from Trumps repeated claims that he’s repeatedly “aced” the MoCA test aimed at assessing mild cognitive impairment from early demetia, his relentless lobbying for the Nobel Peace Prize over his inflated claims of ending 8 wars, as well as the administration’s recent arrest of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and steady drumbeat of threats to take over both Canada and Greenland.
White had more jokes as well.
“Mom said Trump could have been great baseball player but also big building with bars on windows. Building for very sick people. Trump not sick. Trump smart. MAGA. Very smart people made Trump President,” White wrote in Hulk’s stilted syntax, adding in a jab at the bizarre scene last week of Trump accepting Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s 2025 Nobel Peace Prize medal in lieu of earning his own honor. “Very smart people keep Trump President. Take nap now. Use fake, I mean real Peace Prizes for pillows. Trump accomplishment. Nighty night.”
A few hours later, White was back at it, pre-butting any calls for him to “shut up and play” and leave the politics to politicians. “Anyone who comments ‘stick to music’ or words to that effect gets blocked,” White warned in a bit that ended with a mock repetition of Trump’s signature social media sign-off. “Anyone who likes said comment gets blocked too. i leave a couple up so everyone knows why they were blocked. This is my house, not town square. ted nugent and kid rock i’m sure are looking for more MAGA supporters so i suggest you head over to their houses. thank you for your attention to this matter!”
White got props from a number of fellow musicians for his missive, including producer Butch Walker (“I love you”), Garbage (fist pound emoji) and Margo Price (“Nailed it”).
The posts were just the latest salvos in White’s recent string of public statements against the Trump administration. Back in August, the former upholsterer and design nerd trashed Trump’s gold-plated White House makeover, calling it “vulgar, gold-leafed and gaudy,” comparing it to a “professional wrestler’s dressing room.” Following a typically snarky response from White House communications director Steven Cheung, who called White a “washed-up, has-been loser,” White doubled-down and dubbed Trump a “danger to not just America but the entire world,” calling the former reality TV star a “low-life fascist” and “orange grifter.”
Then, in December, White slammed Trump as a “disgusting, vile, egomaniac loser, child” for the president’s insulting post marking the killing of beloved director Rob Reiner and his wife producer Michele Singer Reiner. “Neither he nor any one of his followers can defend this vile, horrible insult to a beautiful artist who gave the world so much,” White added of the director of such classic films as Spinal Tap and The Princess Bride. “To use someone’s tragic death to promote your own vanity and fascist authoritarian agenda is a corrupt and narcissistic sin. Shame on you trump and anyone who defends this.”
