White House posts cryptic videos, deletes one, fueling speculation online
US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists before boarding Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2026 for his Mar-a-Lago residence.
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Two mysterious videos posted to the White House’s official X and Instagram accounts on Wednesday night generated buzz online, with the purpose of the short, vertically shot clips unclear. One video was later deleted.
The first video, posted around 9:15 pm EST, appeared to be filmed on a smartphone, with the camera pointed at someone’s feet. In the four-second-long video, a voice can be heard asking, “It’s launching soon, right?”
A line of text on the screen says “sound on.” The video was later removed from the White House’s accounts on X and Instagram roughly 90 minutes after it was posted.
The second short video, posted at 10 a.m. EST, showed a black, staticky screen with a phone notification sound playing. An American flag was visible in one frame. The post included emojis of a smartphone and sound.
There was no indication of the context of the posts, with many online commenters theorizing the accounts could have been hacked or that an official was cryptically teasing something.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request to comment.
It was not immediately clear whether the videos were posted intentionally. The posts follow earlier instances of the Trump administration White House social media accounts sharing meme-style content.
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