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Why did the White House publish the Green Lantern oath? Donald Trump reference surprises social media

From El Universal · () Spanish

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

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  • The White House posted an AI-generated video showing Donald Trump using a green ring to block migrants and create factories labeled “American Manufacturing.”
  • The video used the traditional Green Lantern oath and appeared as HBO’s Lanterns was airing, prompting comparisons, memes and divided reactions online.
  • The video had received more than 33.3 million views, while DC Comics had not publicly commented on the use of its intellectual property.

The White House set social media alight with an unusual AI-generated video showing Donald Trump wearing a power ring and raising a green energy wall over an industrial landscape marked “American Manufacturing.”

Posted on the afternoon of Sept. 6, the video first shows Trump projecting a green beam from the ring to build a wall in the desert. The wall stops a group of migrants trying to cross the border, a symbolic image tied to the immigration policy defended by his administration.

The video then shifts to American manufacturing. Buildings and factories rise from the same green glow, accompanied by the words “American Manufacturing,” in a reference to the administration’s push for domestic industrial production.

The post includes the familiar Green Lantern oath: “In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil’s might beware my power… The Green Lantern’s light!” The release coincided with the weekly broadcast of HBO’s Lanterns, prompting immediate comparisons across digital platforms.

According to DC Comics’ official website, the words come from the traditional oath of the Green Lantern Corps. The fictional organization requires its members to recite the statement before recharging their emerald power rings. The White House video had drawn more than 33.3 million views and generated a wave of satirical images and digital edits. DC Comics and its executives had not issued an official statement about the use of the property in the campaign.

In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil’s might beware my power… The Green Lantern’s light!

· Green Lantern oathThe White House video used the traditional oath associated with the fictional Green Lantern Corps.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. 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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