‘Absolutely Terrifying’: White House Posts Video Of Iran Strikes Mixed With Call Of Duty Clips To Brag About War

The White House is facing criticism after it posted a montage of clips from the popular video game series Call of Duty alongside what appeared to be real footage of the missile strikes in Iran — just days after the U.S. entered an armed conflict with the Middle Eastern country.

The video posted by the White House’s official account Wednesday begins with a killstreak animation from the video game before real military strike footage against Iranian targets appears. A killstreak in Call of Duty is when players receive rewards for getting a series of kills without dying.

The animation of the military video game used by the White House shows a player reaching a certain amount of kills and subsequently activating a massive missile strike to exterminate the opposing team.

The compilation was simply captioned: “Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue.”

The clip has been viewed nearly 50 million times, sparking outrage among X users, with one user writing, “What in the fuck is wrong with you people? Americans don’t wanna see you treat war like call of duty. Who the fuck is running this account.”

Another commented, “[Not gonna lie] it’s pretty disgusting for the WH to gamify war and killing like this,” while someone else added, “Actually terrifying that this is our government.”

HuffPost has reached out to the White House and Call of Duty’s developer Activision for comment.

The White House’s post comes after the U.S. teamed up with Israel to launch attacks on Iran last week, subsequently killing the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iran has retaliated in response by attacking Israel and U.S. bases around the region. More than 1,000 people, including children, have been killed, and more than 5,400 civilians injured. Six U.S. service members who were killed in Iranian counterattacks have been identified.

Iran has also warned that the U.S. would “bitterly regret” torpedoing an Iranian warship.

In a Feb. 28 Truth Social post, Trump wrote, “Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead. This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS.”

He added: “There was not a thing [Khamenei], or the other leaders that have been killed along with him, could do.”

Elsewhere in the post, Trump cryptically warned that “the heavy and pinpoint bombing” will continue “as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!”

The White House has controversially used imagery from popular video games like “Pokemon” and “Halo” in videos to promote Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers’ propaganda in recent months.

After facing widespread backlash, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement, “We will reach people where they are with content they can relate to and understand, whether that be Halo, Pokémon, Lord of The Rings, or any other medium.”