Trump White House slammed for releasing ‘bigoted’ video games

PoliticsThe White House released arcade.gov, a webpage promoting President Donald Trump's policies with knockoffs of popular video games. (The White House/X)The White House/XBy Howard Koplowitz | hkoplowitz@al.comThe Trump administration was heavily criticized Thursday after the White House unveiled a website promoting the president’s policies with knockoffs of popular video games.The titles include a Tetris clone where players “build the wall,” an imitation of Snake where the users round up immigrants for deportation and a Flappy Bird knockoff where players “fly the bald eagle down the National Mall.”“Can’t stop winning,” the White House said in announcing arcade.gov. “Build the wall. Deport. Fill a Trump Account.” The White House’s post on X began with “MAGA” stylized as the SEGA logo with the iconic “SEGA” opening theme replaced with MAGA.Some Trump administration critics were angered at the resources used to build arcade.gov.“Average gas price across America has now risen to $4.14. What is @WhiteHouse focused on? See below,” posted Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., who shared the White House post with his 1.5 million X followers. Lieu issued a warning to the administration while also insulting the webpage’s design.“November is coming.(Also, why do the MAGA graphics below suck)?” he posted.“The White House JUST rolled out a bunch of bigoted games about deporting people. EVERYTHING IS A GAME TO THEM,” posted liberal influencer Brian Krassenstein.“Are we living in one of the deleted scenes in Idiocracy ?” quipped Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who broke with MAGA following a feud with the president over the Epstein files and the Iran war.Meanwhile, MAGA praised arcade.gov.“This is hilarious,” posted actor Kevin Sorbo.20-plus research facilities to close to get ‘costs under control’ Trump insults Ken Paxton while urging Texans to vote for him: ‘That’s an endorsement?’Trump sends shocking message to his ‘obese’ friend: ‘He’s got a serious weight problem’Hollywood actor uses obscure 12-letter word to insult Trump’s presidency: ‘We’ll get through it’Trump’s PAC lights $1M on fire with new midterm ad, critics say: ‘Could not be more out of touch’Howard Koplowitz is AL.com's Breaking & Trending Reporter for afternoons and nights. He has been with AL.com since 2015 and has served in a variety of roles, ranging from coverage of Donald Trump's first...