Noah Kahan Hits Back at Trump for Using “American Cars” in Social Post

Noah Kahan responded to a social media post from Donald Trump that contained the song “American Cars,” writing, “Would never approve of my music being used in support of you or this administration.” Find Noah Kahan Tickets Here The White House shared the original post on Instagram and TikTok, and it featured President Trump touring a General Motors plant in Michigan. Kahan’s fans made sure that the post went viral, commenting over and over again, and tagging Kahan until the singer-songwriter finally responded — which is silly, but ultimately not that big of a deal. Because while this is a tried-and-true method for the White House social media team to score engagement, elections aren’t won on online engagement (see: “Kamala is brat”) and besides, it’s not like these methods are doing anything to dig Trump’s approval numbers out of the toilet. Some White House social media edgelord who probably goes by BigBalls88 gets to brag about owning the libs, Kahan’s fans exercised their free speech rights to demand that their idol disavow a social media post, and Kahan answered the summons. The story tells you more about the state of social media than our laws or politics, and if there is some...