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\n\tAfter facing sharp criticism from Sabrina Carpenter and her fans, the Trump White House has quietly removed a controversial video that featured her song \u201cJuno<\/a>\u201d in a post promoting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity.<\/p>\n \n\tThe post quickly went viral\u2014but not for the reasons the administration may have hoped, as the White House seemingly deleted the post on Friday without explanation.<\/p>\n \n\tOn Tuesday (Dec. 2), the pop star slammed the government for posting a compilation of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers chasing, tackling and handcuffing people on the streets while a snippet of the\u00a0Short n\u2019 Sweet<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>hit \u201cJuno\u201d plays. \u201cThis video is evil and disgusting,\u201d Carpenter wrote on\u00a0X<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cDo not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n \n\tFollowing Carpenter\u2019s objection earlier this week, in a response shared with\u00a0Newsweek<\/a><\/em>, spokesperson Abigail Jackson said, \u201cHere\u2019s a Short n\u2019 Sweet message for Sabrina Carpenter: We won\u2019t apologize for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country. Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid, or is it slow?\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAs of press time, the White House has not posted an explanation for the removal, and representatives for Carpenter have not issued additional comment beyond her viral reply. Carpenter closes a breakout year with multiple Hot 100 hits and a sold-out arena run, and \u201cJuno\u201d remains one of her most visible live moments. <\/p>\n \n\tThe deleted clip followed recent instances in which official Trump-era channels paired pop hits with political messaging \u2014 a tactic that\u2019s drawn pushback from artists such as Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>, who last month condemned the White House for pairing a video encouraging self-deportations to her song \u201cAll-American Bitch.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cDon\u2019t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda,\u201d\u00a0she wrote<\/a>\u00a0at the time.<\/p>\n \n\tThe recent use of Carpenter\u2019s \u201cJuno\u201d was especially charged given the song\u2019s fan-favorite status on Carpenter\u2019s Short \u2019n Sweet Tour<\/a>, where she playfult \u201carrested\u201d<\/a> people\u00a0<\/a>for being too attractive just before performing \u201cJuno\u201d each night. Before the trek wrapped in November after more than a year on the road, Carpenter had distributed fuzzy pink handcuffs to everyone from Millie Bobby Brown, to TWICE, SZA and Miss Piggy of\u00a0The Muppets<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n