Trump White House Uses Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Kill Streak To Celebrate Killing People In Iran

Four days after the United States joined Israel in airstrikes against Iran that have killed hundreds, the official White House Twitter account posted a video that features a killstreak animation from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. This is the latest example of President Donald Trump and his administration using gamer memes and culture in official government-produced and promoted videos.

On March 4, the official White House Twitter account posted a roughly one-minute-long video featuring numerous clips of real military strikes against different Iranian locations and targets. At the very start of the video is a clip from 2023’s Modern Warfare III that shows a player activating an MGB killstreak. This is a hidden killstreak for players who get 30 kills without dying. Once called, the bomb ends the match. The official video was posted with the caption: “Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue.”

Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue. pic.twitter.com/kTO0DZ56IJ

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 4, 2026

Kotaku has contacted the White House and Call of Duty publisher Activision, as well as its parent company, Xbox, about the official video but didn’t hear back before publication.

This isn’t the first time Trump and his administration have used video games in official government content. In September 2025, the Department of Homeland Security posted a video showing various armed ICE and border patrol thugs arresting and detaining people with music from Pokémon in the background. The very next month, DHS posted an image from Halo featuring the Master Chief driving a Warthog with the captions: “Finishing the fight” and “Destroy the Flood.”

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