White House posts so-called 'hype' videos combining real Iran war footage alongside movie, video game clips
The posts come as six American service members have been killed. The White House has posted videos combining real footage from the nascent war in Iran interspersed with footage from movies and video game clips, and phrases like "wasted" over images of explosions. "JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY," the caption read of a video posted on Thursday night , along with an American flag and fire emoji. The video include clips from superhero movies, as well as clips from anime films, "Top Gun" and "Braveheart" with electronic tunes underneath before clipping to video of strikes on Iran. It ends with a voiceover saying, "flawless victory" -- audio from the video game "Mortal Kombat." In another pos t from the White House on Friday, a video shows a scene from the video game "Grand Theft Auto," with the caption and audio: "Ah [expletive], here we go again." The clip then jumps to unclassified footage of a U.S. strike on what appears to be a box truck. Once the strike is carried out, the word "wasted" appears superimposed over the video.
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The videos from the official White House account come just one day before President Donald Trump is set to attend the dignified transfer of American service members who were killed in Kuwait amid the war in Iran. White House and Pentagon accounts have leaned into the "hype video" strategy on platforms like X and TikTok for many areas of the president's agenda, and the war in Iran is no different.
