An explosive White House video apparently designed to promote the Trump administration's war in Iran and featuring clips from several major Hollywood films is causing an uproar on social media — and at least one celebrity is speaking out.
The manic supercut video (below) features clips from movies and TV shows like Gladiator, Brave heart, Iron Man, Break the bad, dead Pool And Top Gun, and intersperses them with actual footage of drone strikes. The video ends with a voiceover declaring “a flawless victory.”
Ben Stillerincluding the success in 2008 Tropical Thunder is included in the montage, posted on Tropic Thunder clip. We never gave you permission and have no interest in being part of your propaganda machine. War is not a film.
The video almost seems designed to intentionally try to stir up outrage in Hollywood, with all those who might not agree with President Trump's decision to launch Operation Epic Fury against the Iranian leadership and military, and those who might prefer the White House maintain a certain standard of respect.
Journalist Séamus Malekafzali wrote: “I don't think a more embarrassing and humiliating thing has ever been produced by a government in the history of humanity. Somehow I might underestimate this reality.” ABC Extra Saturday Host Nick Bryant posted: “Are there adults in the White House? Is there an understanding of the gravity and horror of war? It's a brotherhood, not the White House.” Popular satirical account Evan Loves Worf joked: “This is the most 'everyone is 12' shit I've ever seen.” Meanwhile, podcaster Vince Mancini made a comparison to the Iraq War: “Why bother putting Colin Powell before Congress as justification when you can just put together a crappy supercut of old movies?” »
Celebrating images of airstrikes seems particularly distasteful given that yesterday Reuters reported that U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed numerous children on Saturday.
This is the most recent example of celebrities asking the Trump White House not to use their material. In December, Sabrina Carpenter asked the White House to remove her song “Juno” from a video promoting ICE deportations. The month before, Olivia Rodrigo requested that her song “All-American Bitch” be removed for a similar video about evictions. Previously, Kenny Loggins had requested his Top Gun hit “Danger Zone” only to be removed from an October video showing a fighter jet attacking protesters.
