White House uses 'Magic School Bus' imagery in post boasting ICE deportations

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Incident details

Incident ID: inc_2026_08_25_ba7de0b3
Date source: article_published_at_fallback
Country: United States
Platform: Social Media
Incident type: Manipulated Photo
Verification level: reported_but_unverified

Harm types

Misinformation Reputational Harm

Topics

Image Manipulation Authenticity Harm

Summary

The White House posted a photoshopped image to its official X/Twitter account showing the PBS animated “The Magic School Bus” with the teacher Ms. Valerie Frizzle, the class chameleon, and five people described as “illegal immigrants” aboard; the bus was labeled “The Magic Deportation Bus” and the post was captioned “Please let this be a normal field trip…”. The post linked to a Fox News article about ICE arrests in the Washington area (the Fox piece cited “1,328 illegal immigrants” arrested over the first 14 days of August and included statements from Homeland Security and ICE officials). The article does not report any removal, takedown, or official consequence for the image post.

Sources

White House uses 'Magic School Bus' imagery in post boasting ICE deportations | The Jerusalem Post

jpost.com · 2026-08-25 · Primary