Rock icon and fervent Trump critic Jack White has chimed in about the absurd golden statue of the president at the Trump National Doral golf course in Miami.
The White Stripes’ and The Raconteurs frontman shared his thoughts in an Instagram post on Saturday about the bizarre 22-foot “Don Colossus” that was erected at Trump’s golf course last week.
White’s post showed the $450,000 statue with the caption: “MAGA Evangelical Leaders Gather in Mar-a-Lago to Bless and Dedicate a Gold Statue to Donald Trump.”
“The most frustrating part of modern American life is the attempt to make sense of people who don’t even CARE that they make no sense at all,” White, 50, wrote.
The White House did not immediately return a request for comment on White’s post.
The golden effigy depicting Trump pumping his fist—mirroring the moment he re-emerged after surviving an assassination attempt during a 2024 rally in Pennsylvania—was first unveiled at the president’s Doral golf resort on Wednesday, where evangelical pastor Mark Burns led a dedication ceremony for it.
“Today at Trump National Doral Miami, history was made,” Burns said in a post on X. “I was deeply honored to lead the dedication event for President Donald J. Trump and the unveiling of the 22-foot statue created in his honor.”
Burns, Trump’s informal spiritual adviser, later rejected claims of false idol worship, telling James Hanson on LBC that the golden statue “represents the miracle of God, that’s what it represents.”
“I don’t know anybody who worships Donald Trump as a God,” Burns said.
Reached for comment, Burns told the Daily Beast in part: “Jack White is entitled to his opinion. But let me answer him plainly, biblically, and truthfully. There is a difference between worship and honor. The Bible says, “Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.” Romans 13:7. That is what this statue represents. Honor. Not worship. I do not bow to President Trump. I do not pray to President Trump. I do not preach salvation through President Trump. I preach Jesus Christ, crucified, buried, risen, and coming again...”
The “Seven Nation Army” singer has not been shy about sharing his disdain for the 79-year-old president, whom he has called a “vile loser” and “obvious fascist,” and his supporters.
The 12-time Grammy Award-winner dubbed Trump “the worst American of all time” last month following the president’s outrageous AI-generated post depicting him as Jesus Christ, which he deleted and tried to excuse the next day.
“It’s supposed to be me as a doctor making people better,” Trump said about the bizarre image on April 13, hours after he deleted it from his Truth Social page. “And I do make people better. I make people a lot better.”
White also turned his vitriol toward the president’s evangelical supporters, pointing out the blatant hypocrisy in cheering on his blasphemy.
“Remember that anti-Christ you been squawking about all these years and how he’d present himself as Christlike and bring about the end of days with a final war in the Middle East involving Jerusalem? Well… check out your boy now!” White wrote on Instagram.
