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White House launches video games built around deportations and Trump’s agenda

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The White House launched five arcade-style games portraying immigration enforcement, a child savings program and food safety policies associated with President Donald Trump.
  • The games include “Build the Wall,” “Rio Run,” “Supply Line,” “Flappy Bill” and “Trump Savings Tycoon,” while humanitarian groups criticized the treatment of deportation as entertainment.
  • The White House said the project offers an innovative way to present the president’s achievements and contrast them with what it called the Democrats’ “dark socialist vision” for America.

The White House has turned deportations, border enforcement and a child savings program into low-resolution arcade games. Its new online Arcade presents five games designed around different parts of President Donald Trump’s agenda, prompting criticism from humanitarian organizations.

“Build the Wall” reworks the classic Tetris format into an attempt to “protect the border from the approaching horde.” In “Rio Run,” which resembles the mobile game Snake, a Trump-like icon moves around collecting potential cross-border migrants.

lack of seriousness

· Adriana HassoThe AMIGOS San Diego Community programs coordinator criticized the administration’s decision to present immigration enforcement through games.

Other games promote domestic policy. In “Supply Line,” inspired by the arcade game Tapper, players reject food that fails to meet “Make America Healthy Again” standards as it moves along an assembly line. “Flappy Bill” places an eagle carrying legislation over the National Mall. In “Trump Savings Tycoon,” players collect money flying through the air to “fill your children’s accounts,” a reference to the administration’s savings program, which offers $1,000 for every child born during Trump’s term.

This presents the issue as if it were a game, when in reality it is not.

· Adriana HassoHasso said the games trivialized an issue affecting people in detention centers.

The White House promoted Arcade on social media with animations resembling loading screens from Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo. One animation transformed the Sega logo into “MAGA,” referring to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.

Adriana Hasso, programs coordinator at AMIGOS San Diego Community, which works along the border, said the games showed a “lack of seriousness” by the administration at a time when people are dying in detention centers. “This presents the issue as if it were a game, when in reality it is not,” she said.

absolutely committed to finding innovative ways to tell the story of the President’s many accomplishments in a way that reaches every American.

· White HouseThe White House defended the Arcade in a statement to AFP.

In a statement to AFP, the White House said it was “absolutely committed to finding innovative ways to tell the story of the President’s many accomplishments in a way that reaches every American.” It said the Arcade aimed to highlight the contrast between a culture of entertainment and success and what it called the Democrats’ “dark socialist vision” for America.

dark socialist vision

· White HouseThe White House used the phrase to describe what it said was the Democrats’ vision for America.
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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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