On Wednesday, the White House posted a video of actual military strikes on Iran in the style usually seen in Call of Duty highlight videos, and started the video with a clip from Call of Duty. The real-life footage of missiles and other munitions hitting targets in Iran shows clips seen in other Trump administration videos, like this one posted to the U.S. Central Command X account.
As noted by The Washington Postโs Drew Harwell, the animation at the start appears to be from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III when a player activates a killstreak reward that launches a nuclear strike. The administration has repeatedly used games as a basis for social media posts promoting its agenda. In September, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shared a video montage of ICE raids with the caption โGotta Catch โEm Allโ set to the theme song from the original Pokรฉmon TV show. A DHS post recruiting ICE officers used a Halo image with the text โDESTROY THE FLOOD.โ
Activision and Xbox didnโt immediately reply to a request for comment.
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