The White House jumped onto the far-left social media site Bluesky on Friday, trolling its liberal user base with a video that quickly went viral.
Bluesky began as a Twitter project back in 2019 under former CEO Jack Dorsey. The goal was to create a “decentralized” social network.
After Elon Musk bought Twitter, the platform attracted leftists looking for a new home.
The text-based site functions nearly identically to X and has built a reputation as a left-wing echo chamber.
Bluesky’s user base exploded after the Charlie Kirk assassination, when many liberals celebrated the killing. Conservatives have since labeled it a breeding ground for political extremism.
So when the Trump White House joined Bluesky on Friday, users were not ready for what came next.
The White House posted a campaign-style video featuring Trump meeting world leaders after the historic Israel-Gaza peace deal.
“My fellow Americans, our movement is far from over. In fact, our fight has only just begun,” Trump said in the clip. “We are one movement, one people, one family, a glorious nation under God.”
The video showcased several of the administration’s accomplishments, including the signing of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” which locked in many of Trump’s top campaign promises, per Trending Politics.
Then came the trolling.
The clip flashed a message saying the “Gulf of Mexico” had been renamed the “Gulf of America,” followed by the words “Daddy’s Home.”
It then cut to a series of memes mocking the left, including a sombrero meme tied to the recent shutdown fight and an image of Border Czar Tom Homan rising like the sun over the wall.
All of it played to Norman Greenbaum’s classic “Spirit In The Sky.”
The post sent Bluesky users into a meltdown.
Within minutes, left-wing users began flooding the replies, calling the video “fascist propaganda” and accusing Trump of “mocking democracy.”
But the trolling wasn’t new.
Vice President JD Vance joined Bluesky in June and was banned within hours. The company called it a “mistake.”
“Hello Bluesky, I’ve been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion,” Vance said in his first post. “So I’m thrilled to be here to engage with all of you.”
He followed it with a quote from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas defending Tennessee’s law banning “transgender” surgeries for minors.
“I might add that many of those scientists are receiving substantial resources from big pharma to push these medicines on kids,” Vance said. “What do you think?”
After Vance’s ban, critics said Bluesky proved itself intolerant of conservative speech.
Last month, the site was again under fire when users openly celebrated Charlie Kirk’s murder. Bluesky claimed it would “crack down on violent rhetoric,” but many said the problem has only worsened.
The White House joining the site now seems intentional — a direct challenge to the far-left bubble it just burst.
