CNN anchor Jake Tapper ripped the White House’s latest promotion of President Donald Trump’s war with Iran through clips of pop culture and video games edited with real war footage.
“Well, the last day or so, the White House has been in at least one way treating going to war like a game, frivolously releasing what we will charitably call hype videos about their war,” Tapper said on Friday’s airing of “The Lead.”
The White House sparked outrage online this week after posting real footage of missile strikes against Iran on X, edited together with clips from Call of Duty, a first-person military shooter video game. Over 1,000 Iranian civilians, including children, have been killed in the strikes, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency, an Iranian rights group based in the U.S.
Despite the backlash, the White House has continued to post more video game references, tapping into Pokémon and Grand Theft Auto to promote the attacks.
In addition to the video game clips, the White House recently posted a montage of cuts from popular films and television shows mixed with real military footage.
