Overview

• The White House overlaid the viral Jet2 holiday sound—featuring Jess Glynne’s “Hold My Hand” and Zoe Lister’s narration—on footage of ICE-operated deportation flights in a post on July 29.
• Viewers saw handcuffed migrants escorted by blurred-out ICE agents onto GlobalX planes, prompting widespread online descriptions of the clip as “disgusting” and “dystopian.”
• Jess Glynne called the post “sick” and said her music stands for unity, and Zoe Lister demanded accountability for the unauthorized use of her voiceover.
• Despite artists’ and users’ calls for legal action, the White House defended its meme-driven post as “unifying and positive” and pledged to continue such communications.
• The episode underscores a broader shift in the Trump administration’s digital strategy to harness viral memes and AI-generated content for its political messaging.