White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung has dubbed the fallout over the recent American Eagle advertisement starring Sydney Sweeney as "bull****" in a post on social media. Newsweek reached out to American Eagle and Sweeney via email for comment.

White House communications director Steven Cheung is slamming the 'moronic' outrage over Sydney Sweeney's new American Eagle ads, calling it 'cancel culture run amok' and saying reactions like it are 'a big reason why' Americans voted for Trump.

From Nazi propaganda accusations and Brooke Shield's references, the American Eagle's back-to-school campaign has captured public attention, sparking wide-scale debate across social media.