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Artists Rebel Against Trump’s Use of Their Music

12/3/2025

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration faced backlash after Sabrina Carpenter condemned using her song in an ICE video.
Kids Can Press denounced a manipulated Franklin image used by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The criticism aligns with artists such as ABBA and Bruce Springsteen objecting to the administration’s use of their work.
Separately, the administration has conducted multiple drug-trafficking strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, causing over 80 deaths since September.

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Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration faced backlash after Sabrina Carpenter condemned using her song in an ICE video.
Kids Can Press denounced a manipulated Franklin image used by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The criticism aligns with artists such as ABBA and Bruce Springsteen objecting to the administration’s use of their work.
Separately, the administration has conducted multiple drug-trafficking strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, causing over 80 deaths since September.