The executive branch has been infiltrated by an unexpected entity: a random livestreamer.
On Friday, the White House said it was launching an investigation after some bearded dude’s YouTube stream suddenly showed up on its official website, Bloomberg reports, heightening the absurdity of our already tenuous reality.
The livestream was hosted by @RealMattMoney, who can be seen in a Bloomberg screenshot — see below — on the White House’s “Live News” section sitting at a typical streaming setup, and wearing gaming headphones and a dark gray t-shirt. An overlay shows his stream chat, where viewers praise his analysis. Beneath the video window, the stream’s title, displayed in elegant White House font, promises there will be “no mid-stream ads,” plus a little descriptor offering a $10 discount if you click a link for “StreamYard.”
The stream was visible on the “Live News” section of the official White House website shortly before midnight Thursday, appearing and disappearing for around an hour, according to Bloomberg‘s reporting.
RealMattMoney claims he had no idea about any of this.
“There’s no way this is real, right?” he tweeted Friday, responding to the reporting. “I was just trying to stream with my buddies.”
The video stream appeared to show a YouTuber, who describes himself as "a shepherd for individual investors." Read more: https://t.co/6luLYBiyCH
📷️: https://t.co/t99jnI2LNZ pic.twitter.com/AQTkCJzV65 — Bloomberg (@business) December 19, 2025
While it seems mostly innocuous, the strange incident is bound to raise eyebrows given the Trump administration’s track record of cybersecurity gaffes, including secretary of defense Pete Hegseth accidentally leaking secret bombing plans in an unsecure group chat.
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