After one week of military action in Iran, directed by President Donald Trump and undertaken alongside Israel, the White House has released a series of hype videos designed to stir up pride and confidence in the United States military.
While U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has released a number of videos showing American assets successfully striking specific targets, The White House took clips from those and spliced in pop culture references — everything from movie clips to professional sports plays — to drive the point home.
Some of the hype videos just featured an added soundtrack dubbed over videos of American missiles striking Iranian targets.
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No pause. No hesitation. 💥 <a href="https://t.co/TTjS98VKAb">pic.twitter.com/TTjS98VKAb</a>
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/2029570036541649405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2026</a></blockquote>
Another showed several large explosions, cutting after each one to a clip of Spongebob Squarepants saying, &#8220;You wanna see me do it again?&#8221;
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Will not stop until the objectives are met.
Unrelenting. Unapologetic. 🔁 <a href="https://t.co/iM9fqjn1zc">pic.twitter.com/iM9fqjn1zc</a>
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/2029657893155311927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2026</a></blockquote>
A montage of movie clips followed — with a caption reading, &#8220;JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY&#8221; — featuring everything from &#8220;Braveheart&#8221; and &#8220;Tropic Thunder&#8221; to &#8220;Deadpool&#8221; and &#8220;Top Gun.&#8221;
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JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. 🇺🇸🔥 <a href="https://t.co/0502N6a3rL">pic.twitter.com/0502N6a3rL</a>
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/2029741548791853331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
The popular video game &#8220;Grand Theft Auto&#8221; made an appearance in one video that showed a male character walking down an alley followed by an explosion. The word &#8220;wasted&#8221; appeared on the screen in red as the target was obliterated.
&#8220;OPERATION EPIC FURY • Destroy Iran’s missile arsenal.• Destroy their navy.• Ensure they NEVER get a nuclear weapon. Locked in,&#8221; the caption read.
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OPERATION EPIC FURY
• Destroy Iran’s missile arsenal. 
• Destroy their navy. 
• Ensure they NEVER get a nuclear weapon.
Locked in. <a href="https://t.co/ika3MMJmZT">pic.twitter.com/ika3MMJmZT</a>
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/2029953667600646655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Pure American dominance&#8221; was the caption on a video featuring a series of Major League Baseball players swinging away — and then cutting to Iranian targets being blown sky high.
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Pure American dominance. 💥🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/nvgWLar2ak">pic.twitter.com/nvgWLar2ak</a>
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/2030015671820509202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
The most recent video featured clips of NFL players getting hit, over and over again, cutting away at the moment of impact to show explosion after explosion.
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Touchdown <a href="https://t.co/aDNdqBdRzG">pic.twitter.com/aDNdqBdRzG</a>
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/2030051395294941427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
Not everyone enjoyed the videos, however. CNN anchor Jake Tapper complained about them on Friday, saying that the White House had been &#8220;releasing what we will charitably call hype videos about their war.&#8221; After sharing the video, he added, &#8220;Are you not amused? That&#8217;s one of the &#8216;Grand Theft Auto&#8217; video games spliced in between footage of U.S. strikes.&#8221;
Tapper shared a second video from earlier in the week that was made in similar fashion but had used clips from the &#8220;Call of Duty&#8221; game.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung shared Tapper&#8217;s segment, adding the caption, &#8220;Credit where credit is due. Thank you to @CNN for covering all of our banger videos.&#8221;
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Credit where credit is due. Thank you to <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a> for covering all of our banger videos. <a href="https://t.co/OAnMR3yrjA">pic.twitter.com/OAnMR3yrjA</a>
— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) <a href="https://twitter.com/StevenCheung47/status/2030050037934252125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
Actor Ben Stiller also <a href="https://x.com/BenStiller/status/2029989426948870182">complained</a> about the videos, objecting specifically to the few seconds from his film &#8220;Tropic Thunder&#8221; that appeared in one of the White House videos. &#8220;Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip. We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie.&#8221;
Stephen L. Miller pushed back on Stiller, saying, &#8220;I mean everything aside, Tropic Thunder&#8217;s main plot is that war is a movie.&#8221;

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