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White House Video Leaves People Stunned — Viewers Can’t Believe This Came From The Official Account

The White House posted a video of Iran war footage interspersed with movie and TV clips.

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The Trump Administration’s social media accounts, in Donald Trump’s second term, have never been shy about sharing full-on fascist iconography, and that was before the launch of the war in Iran.

The White House social accounts, including on X, took it to a new level this week, with a new video featuring various movie and TV clips, including from Top Gun, Braveheart, Star Wars, and Breaking Bad, interspersed with Iran war footage.

As described by Deadline, the video consists of “testosterone-soaked propaganda, featuring a few familiar IPs.”

“On Thursday, the White House celebrated the U.S. and Israel’s recent bombings in Iran with a supercut of the drone footage, edited together with shots from several action franchises, including Bryan Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad and Adam Driver as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars franchise,” the Deadline story.

Several of the characters featured in the video, numerous social media users pointed out, are villains and sociopaths.

“Kicking off with a clip of Tom Cruise’s 2002 dystopian surveillance flick Minority Report, the video also featured Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick and Tropic Thunder. Also featured are shots from Gladiator, Patriot, John Wick, Superman, Transformers, Deadpool and Halo,” the Deadline story said.

Social media was full of reactions to this, from those calling it callous in light of the deaths of U.S. service members, to others pointing out just how cringe and kitschy it is:

Kevin Sorbo liked it, however:

Photo courtesy of an X screenshot. 

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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