The White House posted two bizarre videos on social media Wednesday night, deleting one about 90 minutes later. It’s not unusual for President Donald Trump’s team to post something weird, but these videos were so cryptic that nobody could quite figure out what they meant.
The first video was posted around 9:15 p.m. ET, taken with what seemed like a cameraphone pointed at the ground. The four-second video appeared to show the vantage point of a woman wearing black pointy shoes. The words “it’s launching soon, right?” can be heard, though we don’t know who’s saying that or to what they’re referring.
The word “yes” can be heard in response, seemingly from a man, and the text “sound on” is overlaid on the video.
Strange video posted earlier by the White House on X, possibly accidentally, in which a female individual, potentially Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, can be heard saying, “It’s launching soon right?” pic.twitter.com/D3XUhUNxAQ
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 26, 2026
The video was posted to X and Instagram and deleted from both platforms about an hour and a half later for unknown reasons.
A second video was posted to X and Instagram around 10 p.m. ET. Also, just four seconds long, the video includes audio of the iPhone’s text notification sound. The caption included with the video is just two emojis: a smartphone and a speaker. That video has racked up over 15 million views on X at the time of this writing.
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 26, 2026
The second video included a very quick shot of an American flag and some glitch-style textures.
What do these videos mean? Why was the first one deleted? There are a lot of people guessing, but no solid answers. One theory is that the videos have no meaning beyond trolling about the ongoing Iran War, started by President Trump on Feb. 28. Another theory is that it’s supposed to be a teaser for some kind of text alert service from the government that might be launching.
Still another theory is that the first video was published by a rogue White House employee warning about a nuclear strike in the works. RT, the Russian propaganda network, tweeted “WHITE HOUSE MISTAKENLY POST ‘NUKE LAUNCHING SOON’?” There was no mention of nukes in the video, but that bit of disinformation spread panic on social media because many people didn’t actually watch the video to realize it was inaccurate.
The Trump regime’s official social media channels often distribute images and videos that are intended to provoke liberals. Last year, Border Patrol posted a video to Instagram that included antisemitic slurs, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security used a song that’s very popular with Nazis and white supremacists. Even when they’re not sharing racist material, it’s common for Trump’s government to share stuff that’s just plain weird, whether it’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doing a cold plunge in jeans or Wii Sports videos paired with violent images from the Iran War.
But things have somehow gotten weirder with the videos posted Wednesday night. And it’s unclear whether we’ll ever get an answer, just like Trump never properly explained his “covfefe” tweet from 2017. It appeared to be a typo accidentally sent out on his account, but Trump pretended that he intended to send it.
Who can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe" ??? Enjoy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017
Trump appears to be losing his grip on reality and just wants to enjoy being the most powerful man in the world. On Monday, Trump was speaking at a law enforcement event in Memphis and took a “surprise trip” to Graceland. There was no official reason for the president to visit the estate of Elvis Presley on a random weekday, but he did it anyway.
President Trump held another marathon “cabinet meeting” on Thursday, where people went around the table to talk about how great he is. The president was asked about his plans for Iran and the Strait of Hormuz.
“The amazing thing is, we don’t need the Hormuz Strait. We don’t need it. We don’t need it at all. We have so much oil. Our country is not affected by this,” Trump replied.
The average national price for a gallon of gas is currently $3.98, according to AAA. The price was $2.90 before the Iran War started.
