The White House uploaded a video mashup of Operation Epic Fury strikes with Wii Sports on Thursday.
The Trump administration’s latest meme video tied into its conflict in Iran, where the United States and Israel are striking the Middle Eastern country to end its regime. The video opens with the iconic Wii Sports theme song, but swaps out the name “Wii Sports” with “Operation Epic Fury” in the same font as the game’s title.
The video showcases various sports shots from the game, including a bullseye in archery, a baseball hit out of the park, and a hole-in-one in golf. All of the shots have the balls landing their targets with footage of U.S. missile strikes in Iran.
The White House’s meme of the missile strikes landing on target comes after an Iranian girls’ elementary school in Minab was destroyed at the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, and an analysis has suggested a U.S. Tomahawk missile was responsible. Trump suggested this week that the missile may have been obtained and used by Iran.
The Wii Sports-themed meme is the second Nintendo meme from the Trump administration this week. On Monday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a video on X depicting himself as a character in the Nintendo GameCube game Super Smash Bros. Melee, where he uses the food pyramid to battle a sentient doughnut.
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Last year, the Department of Homeland Security posted a Pokémon-themed video on X, playing footage of Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel detaining illegal immigrants as the Pokémon theme song plays.
Trump told the Washington Examiner on Thursday he has “no idea” if Operation Epic Fury will help him get the Nobel Peace Prize but added that he is “not interested in it.” He said Wednesday that he decided to call the operation “Epic Fury” out of 20 possible names.
