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Trump's TikTok Sparks Outrage Over ICE Deportation Promotion

11/26/2025

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The U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration faced backlash after a TikTok video used Defying Gravity from Wicked to promote ICE detention.
The clip juxtaposed Trump smiling with footage of ICE arrests and carried the caption "Ahh that deportation feeling."
Critics, including Tracy E. Gilchrist, a former Out Magazine journalist, argued the White House misuses queer culture to endorse harmful policies, while protests against ICE intensified nationwide.

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The U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration faced backlash after a TikTok video used Defying Gravity from Wicked to promote ICE detention.
The clip juxtaposed Trump smiling with footage of ICE arrests and carried the caption "Ahh that deportation feeling."
Critics, including Tracy E. Gilchrist, a former Out Magazine journalist, argued the White House misuses queer culture to endorse harmful policies, while protests against ICE intensified nationwide.