Sep 04, 2026
The Trump administration launched a series of arcade-style games on the official White House website Thursday to tout its priorities the latest turn in its aggressive online effort to troll Democrats that has at times surfaced racist and offensive images.The White Houses online arcade includes games where players capture people at the southern border and build a border wall.In the game Rio Run, users patrol the line along the Rio Grande and pick up every crosser in the lot to earn a high score of deportations. The user icon in the Snake-style game is an older White man in a blue tie, and the crossers appear to be Brown, Black or White.When the player catches one of the crossers, they suddenly appear in an orange jumpsuit and follow behind the player.RELATED STORY | Deportation crackdown accelerates with highest ICE arrest total in monthsAnother immigration-themed game, styled like the old-school Tetris game, is called Build The Wall and asks users to stack bricks and hold the line against a zombie border siege. After the White House put it out, the Tetris brand posted on Instagram that it was not involved in the games creation and added, We take copyright infringement very seriously.At Tetris we believe in the power of connection and bringing people together, not dividing them, the post said.Other games prompt users to fly a bald eagle along the National Mall or fill their kids Trump accounts by catching diamonds and cash.A White House official told CNN, this is an effort to further contrast between a culture of fun and winning and the dark socialist vision Democrats have for America.Trump and the White House have drawn sharp criticism for their aggressive use of social media and official government platforms including by using racist and offensive images, like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero and the Obamas depicted as apes in a jungle.RELATED STORY | DHS memo shows Trump administration explored using National Guard in immigration enforcementWhile some people are posting their scores from the White Houses arcade games on X, others are questioning the administrations priorities given the Iran war and high cost of living.In November, CNN reported on Trump 2.0s unconventional approach to the White House website, with one official saying, The website is informative in a lot of different ways, but its also a vehicle to push our message, and were able to weaponize it in a way that no other administration has been able to do.The-CNN-Wire 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved. ...read more read less
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