“Build the wall. Deport. Fill a Trump Account,” the White House wrote on social media to promote the games
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NEED TO KNOW
- The White House has launched an online arcade featuring five retro-style games promoting Trump administration policies
- Games include “Build the Wall” and “Rio Run,” which highlight border security and immigration enforcement themes
- The arcade was announced with parodies of gaming logos and slogans like “Maga” instead of “Sega”
The White House has unveiled a range of retro arcade games promoting Donald Trump‘s policies.
The arcade, which debuted on Thursday, Sept. 3 on the official White House website, features five retro-style games that promote the administration’s policy objectives on border security and school lunches.
The first game “Flappy Bill” appears to be a take on “Flappy Bird” as people play as the U.S. mascot, the bald eagle, and make their way through Washington, D.C.’s National Mall.
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The following two games, “Build the Wall” and “Rio Run,” harken to the Trump administration’s immigration and border security policies. “Build the Wall” is a Tetris-style game that enables gamers to create a barrier that prevents people from moving near a sign reading “Southern Border” and includes the summary “protect the border from an oncoming horde.”
Meanwhile, “Rio Run” mimics “Snake,” and allows players to “pick up every crosser in the lot,” and build up a total of “deported.” A short summary for the game reads, “border patrol along the Rio Grande.”
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A fourth game, “Supply Line,” which appears to be based on the arcade game “Tapper,” asks people to “sort the school lunch to Make America Healthy Again.” In the game, people need to keep healthy items on a conveyor belt like broccoli, milk and apples and “knock off” items like food coloring, “additives” and “seed oil.”
The final game in the arcade is named “Trump Savings Tycoon,” in which people use a net and collect money and other items to “fill your kids’ Trump accounts.” This refers to the Trump administration’s savings plan that offers $1,000 to every child born during the president’s second term.
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The White House announced the arcade on X with several animations that parodied older gaming logos like Xbox and brands like Sega. However, instead of “Sega” on the screen, it read “Maga,” referring to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.
“CAN’T STOP WINNING. 🎮,” the White House wrote. “Build the wall. Deport. Fill a Trump Account.”
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The White House also shared another video on X promoting the arcade by showing someone playing “Flappy Bill” while listening to a Trump speech. They captioned the video: “Easily distracted? We might have the solution. ARCADE.GOV 🕹️.”
PEOPLE has reached out to the White House for comment on the new arcade.
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