Overview

White House's "Daddy's Home" Tweet, also known as Donald Trump's "Daddy's Home," refers to a viral tweet posted in late June 2025 by the official White House Twitter / X account (@WhiteHouse) under President Donald Trump's second administration, which attached Usher's song "Daddy's Home" to celebrate Trump's participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) meeting. The tweet is an ironic response to NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte calling Trump "daddy" concerning his participation in the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict. The post sparked numerous jokes and discussions as it spread online, with many labeling the post cringe and unnecessary.

Background

On June 25th, 2025, the official U.S. White House account on X^[1] shared a video celebrating President Donald Trump's attendance at the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands. The video is set to the Usher song "Daddy’s Home," showing Trump arriving home aboard Air Force One, while being cheered on by supporters. The tweet (seen below) amassed over 12 million views and 91,000 likes in three days.

According to Reuters,^[2] the video uploaded by the White House X account is a response to NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte using the word "daddy" to reference Trump's involvement in the negotiations between "Israel and Iran over violations of a ceasefire, which later appeared to be holding."

Online Reactions

The White House's "Daddy's Home" tweet received a series of quotes on X / Twitter, many mocking or criticizing the post in the next few days.

For instance, on June 26th, 2025, X^[3] user and YouTuber JerryRigEverything (@ZacksJerryRig) quoted the video with the caption, "Pretty much the gayest post from the government since legalizing same sex marriage in 2015." The post (seen below) amassed over 4 million views and 135,000 likes in a day.

On June 27th, 2025, X^[4] user @postoctobrist quoted the White House tweet with an ironic reaction meme captioned, "Statement from President Gay." The post (seen below) received more than 4,000 views and 210 likes in a few hours.

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