The Trump Team Just Went Full Grand Theft Auto

Meme lovers throughout the Trump administration just posted a series of artificial intelligence remixes based on Grand Theft Auto VI, drawing on the viral internet craze behind the game. 

After months of radio silence from Rockstar Games, the makers of the GTA series, the long-anticipated cover art for the new game finally dropped on Thursday — immediately taking the internet by storm.

The White House, the Department of Labor, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection quickly capitalized on the craze, posting some of their own takes on the cover art. The Department of Health even came out with a short video.

We really saved America before GTA 6 pic.twitter.com/W0ZRsLsVCj

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 18, 2026

We flipped the food pyramid before we got GTA 6. pic.twitter.com/UT1bSASfCk

— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) June 18, 2026

We really secured the border before GTA 6.

Read more here: https://t.co/vrNPsYfD0X pic.twitter.com/prUvONQiLV

— CBP (@CBP) June 18, 2026

We’re Making America Skilled Again before GTA 6 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/EFyI9yjKK7

— U.S. Department of Labor (@USDOL) June 19, 2026

Grand Theft Auto is the fifth best-selling video game series of all time, even outselling Minecraft, according to the Video Game Sales. GTA V has sold a staggering 230 million copies, the WorldoMeter’s population review states, which is more than one copy for each person in Japan, the UK, and Poland combined. 

Since GTA VI has been in development for 12 to 13 years, the internet’s favorite running joke is to track new inventions and events by saying, “We got this before GTA VI.” The posts from the administration play on the meme with comments such as “We really saved America before GTA 6.”

But not everyone is thrilled. Some critics have pointed out that the Grand Theft Auto series glorifies violence and sexual promiscuity — a far cry from “conservative family values.” Additionally, the main antagonist of the series is the Federal Investigation Bureau, which those on the Left have compared to ICE. Some have also said that government entities should not be allowed to have fair use of private IPs for “propaganda.”