White House releases video promoting 'justice the American way' featuring Hollywood characters

Source: Guardian

A Hollywood-themed propaganda video released by the White House promising “justice the American way” for Iran features movie stars from Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and promotes characters including a corrupt lawyer, a drug dealer and a freedom fighter who stands up to the overwhelming force of an invading foreign army.

The 42-second video posted on the official X account of the White House on Thursday was met with almost universal mockery online, with comments accusing the Trump administration of immaturity, and likening its social media strategy to one run by teenagers.

The sequence opens with a scene from Iron Man 2, with Robert Downey Jr’s character Tony Stark the first of a number of featured superheroes. “Wake up, Daddy’s home,” he says as he claps his hands to activate a bank of computers.

Downey Jr has been a vocal critic of Trump, and actively campaigned for his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris during the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/06/white-house-propaganda-video-characters

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Much more at the link. No paywall.

Besides their news story reporting on the video, the Guardian's film critic called it " a piece of supremely nasty mischief from very humourless and naive people."
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/06/supremely-nasty-mischief-guardian-film-critic-on-white-house-war-video

See reply 1 for the video.