00:00One week into the Iran War, several American service members had died.
00:03More than 100 children had been killed in what was likely a US missile strike on an elementary
00:07school, and hundreds of drones were crashing through the Gulf.
00:11But this is how the White House chose to mark those solemn milestones.
00:15More!
00:16Now hit this!
00:19Flawless victory.
00:21Here's what you need to know about the White House's memification of the Iran War in one
00:25minute.
00:26To promote its war in Iran, the White House released several buzzy social media posts,
00:31including clips from Hollywood movies like Gladiator, Top Gun, and Iron Man, intercut with
00:36real videos of US airstrikes and ships being sunk, actions that would have resulted in
00:40real casualties and people being killed.
00:42The Trump administration has also leaned into video game culture.
00:45In one, characters are ordering airstrikes to a hip-hop background track.
00:49Footage shows flashes of the word wasted, a reference to what Grand Theft Auto players
00:53see when their character dies.
00:54W's in the chat boys, White House spokesperson Steven Chung wrote on X when he reposted one
00:59of the videos, a gamer chat phrase used to celebrate wins.
01:02Trump's White House has used memes and humor before to appeal to younger voters.
01:06But the decision to deploy during a time of war has revoked backlash, including from some
01:11veterans.
01:11Even some of the actors whose films are featured have joined in the criticism.
01:16Ben Stiller, whose movie Tropic Thunder was featured in the Justice video, called on the
01:20White House to take it down, saying, war is not a movie.
01:26The
