The White House turned war into a video game highlight reel.

On Wednesday, the officialWhite House X accountposted a one-minute video that opens with footage from 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III' before cutting to real US missile strikes hitting Iranian targets. As of writing, the clip has racked up more than 48 million views.

Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue.pic.twitter.com/kTO0DZ56IJ

But here's what most coverage missed: the specific animation isn't just any killstreak. It's the MGB, or Mass Guided Bombs. According to TMZ, it's a hidden reward in the 2023 game that only unlocks after a player gets 30 consecutive kills without dying. Once triggered, it works like a nuke. The match ends. Everyone on the opposing team dies. You win.

The video, captioned 'Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue,' then cuts to black-and-white footage of missiles hitting Iranian targets. The editors added '+100' kill scores in the style of the game's scoring system.

White House communications director Steven Cheung didn't stop there. He responded to the post with 'Ws in the chat, boys!,' according to CNN. In gaming slang, 'W' means win. Players type it in chat to celebrate victories.

This happened four days after a strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran, which killed at least 165 people on 28 February. Most of the dead were schoolchildren aged seven to 12, according to reports. UNESCOcalled it'a grave violation of humanitarian law.'

Neither the US nor Israel has claimed responsibility. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters thePentagon is investigating. NPR reported that analysts believe the strike was more likely American than Israeli, based on the munitions type and the school's location in southeastern Iran.

On 3 March, thousands gathered in Minab for a mass funeral. Rows of freshly dug graves waited for the children.

This isn't new territory for the administration. In September 2025, the Department of Homeland Security posted a video of ICE raids set to the Pokémon theme song. The caption read 'Gotta Catch 'Em All.' The following month, DHS used Halo imagery with the phrases 'Finishing the fight' and 'Destroy the Flood' to recruit for immigration enforcement, Kotaku reported.

Source: International Business Times UK