JMSN Demands White House Pull 'Love Me' From Taxpayer-Funded Trump Ad

Singer-songwriter JMSN has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the White House demanding it stop using his song "Love Me" in a promotional spot for President Donald Trump paid for with public money.

Lawyers for the artist, whose real name is Christian Berishaj, delivered the letter to Trump's Chief of Staff Susie Wiles on Monday, Sept. 28. The letter states that the ad — which has run on Fox News, Newsmax and the White House's YouTube page — uses "Love Me" without proper licenses or authorization from the copyright holder.

The lawyers also made clear that permission would never have been granted on request. "JMSN does not want to be viewed as directly or indirectly affiliated with the President or his Administration," they wrote. "The use of the Song in this context, as part of an overtly partisan, political advertisement, is particularly damaging, as it could cause others to call into question JMSN's artistic independence and integrity."

Berishaj has released music as JMSN since the early 2010s. "Love Me," originally released in 2023, ranks among his most popular songs, with more than 138 million streams on Spotify. The track gained renewed momentum in late 2025 when it became part of a meme spoofing Drake song intros.

The government-funded ad began airing on TV last week. It features audio of Trump declaring "America will never be a communist country" while promoting several of the president's policies.

The White House has defended using taxpayer money for the spot, arguing it qualifies as a public service announcement because it does not urge viewers to vote or take any other action. "The ad is educational and unapologetically patriotic," the White House said in a statement reported by The New York Times. A White House representative did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone's request for comment.

Berishaj addressed the dispute publicly on Thursday, Sept. 24, in a statement posted to Instagram. "[I]t should go without saying that I would never authorize my music to be used for ANY political agenda or campaign," he wrote.

He stressed the stakes for an artist who has never worked within the industry's main structures. "I've built my career independently outside of any major system and have made it a point to not sacrifice my artistic integrity," Berishaj wrote. "I don't have a publicist or anything so being forced in a situation like this and having to comment is ridiculous."

Norm Eisen, whose group Democracy Defenders Action has filed numerous lawsuits against the Trump administration, is among the lawyers representing Berishaj. In the letter to Wiles, the legal team set a deadline of Thursday for the White House to confirm that "Love Me" will no longer appear in the ad.

The confrontation adds JMSN to the long list of musicians who have objected to politicians using their work — but the taxpayer funding of this spot sets it apart, raising unresolved questions about how public money can legally underwrite partisan messaging built on unlicensed music.