CNN chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward on Wednesday slammed President Donald Trump and his administration for using pop culture-laden memes to downplay the gravity of his deadly war on Iran, saying it boosts “the worst stereotypes about America.”
The Peabody Award winner joined “The Late Show” via satellite from Iraq, telling host Stephen Colbert that the Iran war is “particularly disconcerting” as more than a dozen countries are involved now and nobody can tell “how far the repercussions will reach.”
“Obviously as a journalist I’m really not supposed to say this, but I feel deeply ashamed,” she told Colbert. “I think it belies a staggering lack of humility and, frankly, it doesn’t really matter so much what I think or feel about it. It matters how people here feel about it.”
Ward continued, “It matters how people in Iran feel about it.”
The Trump White House has shared several videos in recent days that combine real footage of U.S. strikes on Iran with clips from two of the most popular video game series, Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto, as well as from TV shows and movies, including the 2008 comedy “Tropic Thunder.”
