The White House has sparked condemnation after launching a games platform where people can play MAGA-themed arcade games about deporting people and building a border wall.
Ever since Donald Trump returned became president for the second time, the output on the White House’s social media channels has been completely and utterly unhinged.
From AI-generated content to meme posts, it’s difficult to believe this is the official account of the most powerful administration in the world.
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But their latest viral stunt might just take the biscuit for how insane and insensitive it is.
The Trump administration has launched Arcade, a page on the White House website where visitors can play five retro-style video games.
Each game is themed around a different part of Trump’s presidency. This includes a snake-style game where players have to chase migrants depicted with different skin tones along a grid representing the border with Mexico and a Tetris-knock-off all about building the border wall to “protect from the coming horde.”
The games have been roundly slammed by critics.
Amerika Garcia Grewal, co-director of the Frontera Federation in Eagle Pass said the games made her feel “sick”, telling the AFP News Agency: “They’ve been playing games with people’s lives for years, now they’ve made a video game of what they’re doing.”
Adriana Jasso, programme coordinator for AMIGOS San Diego Community, who works at the border, said the arcade-style games showed a fundamental “lack of seriousness” from the administration.
The games have also been condemned on social media, with several commenting their anger under the White House’s post.
Someone else wrote on X: “The official White House account is dropping cutesy little arcade games about ICE while they’re out here terrorizing children and families.”
Another said: “We are not a serious country. We are a bunch of idiots! The White House just made an “arcade” where kids can build a wall and deport people. Absolutely embarrassing!”