The White House has responded to pop star Ariana Grande after she posted an anti-Trump message to her 373 million Instagram followers.
On Sunday, Grande reshared a post from podcast host Matt Bernstein questioning voters who elected Donald Trump if he had fulfilled his campaign promises.
The statement also quizzed Americans on whether they thought the impact of Trump’s policies was worth the detrimental effect on immigrants, transgender people, and free speech.
Highlights
- Ariana Grande reshared a post criticizing Trump’s impact on immigrants, transgender people, and free speech to her 373 million Instagram followers.
- White House spokesman Kush Desai responded to Grande, citing Trump’s actions to end inflation and the executive order against ticket scalping.
- Trump’s executive order targets ticket resale price gouging, directing collaboration with the FTC to protect concertgoers like Grande’s fans.
- Grande expressed gratitude for her tour’s success but condemned ticket resale prices reaching over $9,000, highlighting ongoing efforts to fix this.
Ariana Grande reshared a post criticizing Donald Trump
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White House spokesman Kush Desai issued a response to Grande’s sharing of the post, quoting one of her hits, ‘Save Your Tears,’ originally written by The Weeknd.
“Save your tears, Ariana, because President Trump’s actions ended Joe Biden’s inflation crisis and are bringing in trillions in new investments,” Desai told media outlets.
“He even signed an executive order just like magic that paved the way for the FTC to crack down on Ticketmaster for ripping off Ariana Grande’s concert-going fans. Get well soon, Ariana!”
In March, Trump signed an executive order aimed at cracking down on exploitative price gouging, which often leaves fans forking out for resale tickets purchased in bulk by scalpers and sold well over the initial price set by the artist.
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The order directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to work with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ensure that competition laws are appropriately enforced in the concert and entertainment industry.
Grande recently addressed the price gouging issue for her 2026 Eternal Sunshine Tour after her tickets sold out in minutes and later appeared on resale websites.
“I just wanted to say I am really blown away and grateful for the overwhelming response to the tour,” Grande wrote on Instagram earlier this month.
Grande endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 election
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“But I’m incredibly bothered by the situation with resale tickets. It’s not right, and we’re working on it.”
Tickets for the tour were originally priced around $100 to $545 but later appeared on resale websites such as SeatGeek for over $9,000.
Grande’s latest post on Trump is not the first time she has spoken up on political issues.
The Wicked star backed Kamala Harris for president in 2024 and in June reposted a call for Trump’s impeachment.
Bernstein’s post that Grande shared on her Instagram story noted it had been 250 days since Trump took office, sharing “genuine” questions to Republican voters.
“Now that immigrants have been violently torn from their families and communities have been destroyed, now that trans people have been blamed for virtually everything and live in fear, now that free speech is on the brink of collapse for us all — has your life gotten better?” Bernstein asked.
“Have your groceries gotten cheaper? Has your health insurance premium gone down? Has your work/life balance improved?
“Can you take a vacation yet? Are you happier? Has the widespread suffering of others paid off for you in the way he promised it would, or are you still waiting?”