The Trump administration’s love of stealing intellectual property to make cringe-inducing war propaganda continues unabated.
Having already used clips from “Transformers,” “Star Wars,” “Breaking Bad,” “Tropic Thunder,” the NFL, MLB, and celebrities like Sabrina Carpenter, Ben Stiller, Kesha and others without their consent, they’re now onto Nintendo.
A new propaganda video shared on social media Thursday borrows liberally from Nintendo’s Wii Sports, splicing videos of Wii characters hitting balls at targets with footage of U.S. military strikes killing people, all set to Nintendo’s iconic music.
By midday, the post had racked up 11.7 million views on X and more than 8,000 comments — almost none of them positive.
Earlier this week, the White House ticked off Steve Downes, the voice behind the soldier Master Chief from the Halo video game franchise, by using his likeness without his consent.
