The White House used Call of Duty "nuke" killstreak footage in a video showing real US strikes on Iran

[midian182]

WTF?! The White House has posted a video on its official X account that shows real footage of the US military campaign against Iran. Unusually, the clip begins with a killstreak animation taken straight from 2023's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

The X account included the words "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue" in the post. The video starts with a player activating a CoD: MW3 MGB (Mass Guided Bombs) killstreak. It's basically the game's secret nuke – which is somewhat concerning given its use here – activated by achieving 30 kills in a single life.

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

– The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 4, 2026

Once activated, a 10-second countdown triggers, then the strike hits, everyone gets wiped, and the match ends immediately with a win for the team that called it in.

The rest of the video consists of several real clips showing US military strikes on Iran with added kill scores.

It's not known whether Activision, Xbox, or Microsoft gave permission for the Call of Duty footage to be used this way.

The Trump administration is no stranger to featuring games in official social media posts. The Department of Homeland security posted a video montage of ICE raids last year, set to the theme song of the original Pokémon TV show and featuring the caption "Gotta Catch 'Em All."

Gotta Catch 'Em All. pic.twitter.com/qCvflkJGmB

– Homeland Security (@DHSgov) September 22, 2025

There was also a DHS post that included an ICE recruitment video featuring Master Chief driving a Warthog. The caption read, "Finishing the fight" and "Destroy the flood." The White House later posted an AI-generated image that showed President Trump as Master Chief.

Finishing this fight. pic.twitter.com/6Ezq9NUqMq

– Homeland Security (@DHSgov) October 27, 2025

While not the case here, we've also seen video game footage passed off as real during conflicts on several occasions. Arma 3 and War Thunder clips were spread on social media under the guise of actual footage when Israel attacked Iran last year – and it's happening again.

O momento em que o avançado caça israelense F-35 foi interceptado e destruído pelos sistemas de defesa do exército da República Islâmica do Irã; veja VÍDEO pic.twitter.com/V6H1dwAq8r

– BLOG ALDO ALMEIDA (@BLOGALDOALMEIDA) June 15, 2025

In October 2022, a clip supposedly showing the Ukrainian military striking Russian Army tanks also turned out to be Arma 3 footage. Part of the same clip was used in a video from 2020 that claimed it was an American anti-aircraft weapon destroying an Iranian missile.

There was also a case in 2018 when Russian TV showed an Arma 3 clip that it claimed was actual footage from the Syrian war (below).

It's not just Arma 3. In 2019, a Pakistani politician was convinced a clip from GTA V showing a plane landing and narrowly missing an oil tanker on the runway was real. He even praised the pilot's "immense skill."

Terrorist attack in Algeria, which fails to work because of the pilot's immense skill pic.twitter.com/vnHXzjSULk

– Future Science (@OrgPhysics) July 9, 2019

Back in 2016, the Russian government tweeted an image from Command & Conquer to warn of extremists in Syria, though it did add an "image used for illustration purposes only" disclaimer. In 2017, however, the country's MOD said a screengrab of a promotional video for mobile title AC-130 Gunship Simulator: Special Ops Squadron was "irrefutable evidence" of the US helping ISIS. We've also seen CNN use Fallout 4 to illustrate Russian hacking activities.

. @mod_russia: Extremists near Aleppo received several truckloads of chemical ammo. pic.twitter.com/scCEMXRvwH

– Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) May 12, 2016

The situation got so bad that in 2022, Arma 3 developer Bohemia Interactive posted a series of tips on how to distinguish real footage from Arma 3 gameplay clips.

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The White House used Call of Duty "nuke" killstreak footage in a video showing real US strikes on Iran

 

[Lounds]

This is the most dystopian thing I've seen in a while.

 

[The Talking Tech]

The amount of ridiculous immaturity coming from the Trump administration is beyond outrageous and sickening.

People really have to do their best to vote Democratic in the midterms elections to get him out out of office or at the very least put a leash on him.

 

[NumberNine]

This is the kinda stuff we used to laugh at China, North Korea, and Russia for doing with Arma and other military games. Then again, officials have always taken an ignorant stance towards gaming unless there is a payday involved for them.

 

[Beerfloat]

A team of dipshits is on a government payroll to edgelord on social media. That's worth a few more bucks out of your pocket at the gas station, right?

 

[GeoffreyA]

All hail American propaganda glorifying death and destruction.

 

[wiyosaya]

This is yet another turd in the long tirade of excrement coming from this administration and the major concern is "Did Microsoft sign off on it"?

 

[Eflow]

The amount of ridiculous immaturity coming from the Trump administration is beyond outrageous and sickening.

People really have to do their best to vote Democratic in the midterms elections to get him out out of office or at the very least put a leash on him.

The problem is that there are about 70 million people in the U.S. who would rather have this than someone who is "woke".

Hopefully one day we can determine what caused so many middle aged white men to have the emotional maturity of a 15 year old boy.

 

[wiyosaya]

The problem is that there are about 70 million people in the U.S. who would rather have this than someone who is "woke".

Hopefully one day we can determine what caused so many middle aged white men to have the emotional maturity of a 15 year old boy.

Fortunately, that sounds like it is changing.

 

[JaredTheDragon]

It's not just this footage - the entire conflict is fake, just as fictional as the Russia/Ukraine "war", which doesn't exist at all. Every major war has been faked, possibly since the Crusades. Even Custer's Last Stand was fake, not to mention the fictional "Revolutionary War", France's Revolution, or the Boxer Rebellion.

Almost ALL of WW1 and 2 were completely fictional, not just the Pacific Theater. Nukes aren't real and never were.

 

[amstech]

The amount of ridiculous immaturity coming from the Trump administration is beyond outrageous and sickening.

People really have to do their best to vote Democratic in the midterms elections to get him out out of office or at the very least put a leash on him.

The radical Islam regime ran by a brutal dictator needed to be stopped. Its been an ongoing war for 47 years, their slogan is 'death to america'. The world is a better place now that they have been liberated. They treat woman like 2nd class citizens and promote incest and pedophelia.
The Iranian people are celebrating all across the world. Your just regurgitating radical TDS propoganda youve seen on social media. Feminine, weak, spoiled, easily manipulated pathetic people like you are the reason this Country is more concerned about 2 radical brats dying trying to obstruct ICE over 4000 innocent Americans who have been killed by illegals in the past 10 years. The Democratic party has been compromised by weak degenerate globalists and no longer represents the American people, and they showed that clearly during the state of the union address.

 

[amstech]

The problem is that there are about 70 million people in the U.S. who would rather have this than someone who is "woke".

Hopefully one day we can determine what caused so many middle aged white men to have the emotional maturity of a 15 year old boy.

Go talk to an Iranian whose been freed from the oppresive regime.
Here, ill help you.

 

[Endymio]

This is yet another turd in the long tirade of excrement coming from this administration and the major concern is "Did Microsoft sign off on it"?

I much prefer the Administration that gave $60B to Iran, even as they funded Hamas terror attacks, attempted to develop nuclear-tipped missiles capable of striking the US, and kidnapped, gang-raped, and murdered young Iranian women for daring to appear in public without a hijab.

 

[toooooot]

I much prefer the Administration that gave $60B to Iran, even as they funded Hamas terror attacks, attempted to develop nuclear-tipped missiles capable of striking the US, and kidnapped, gang-raped, and murdered young Iranian women for daring to appear in public without a hijab.

I would bet 100 bucks that the most crucial parts/help that allowed Iran to make supersonic missiles were given by China. China fully replaced USSR in hard work to supplies every enemy of the West with the most advanced technologies.

 

[sreams]

The problem is that there are about 70 million people in the U.S. who would rather have this than someone who is "woke".

Hopefully one day we can determine what caused so many middle aged white men to have the emotional maturity of a 15 year old boy.

This is why we keep getting this crap:

When both parties continue to run crap, and no other parties challenge them, crap will always win. Trump was *easily* beatable.

 

[Lounds]

Go talk to an Iranian whose been freed from the oppresive regime.
Here, ill help you.

Probably wouldn't have happened if the American oil companies hadn't given such a shoddy profit sharing deal from 1954-1979. Food for thought.

 

[Eflow]

Go talk to an Iranian whose been freed from the oppresive regime.
Here, ill help you.

What a bizarre response lol.

I say that it's emotionally immature to lay a Call of Duty clip on top of military bombing videos. You respond with a video where Asmongold, who was banned from Twitch for saying that Palestinians come from "inferior culture", adds pointless commentary to a woman who criticizes Iran. Your video has nothing to do with the original topic.

As a critic, though, I can say that Trump's greatest strength is letting his supporters choose the "why" behind his actions. Sometimes he says that he is attacking Iran to depower its military and nuclear capabilities. Sometimes he says he's doing it to liberate its citizens. Sometimes he says he's doing it to distract from the Epstein Files. He covers every base, and Republicans go along with it as long as they agree with at least one thing on the list.

 

[Rock Dirty]

The radical Islam regime ran by a brutal dictator needed to be stopped. Its been an ongoing war for 47 years, their slogan is 'death to america'. The world is a better place now that they have been liberated. They treat woman like 2nd class citizens and promote incest and pedophelia.
The Iranian people are celebrating all across the world. Your just regurgitating radical TDS propoganda youve seen on social media. Feminine, weak, spoiled, easily manipulated pathetic people like you are the reason this Country is more concerned about 2 radical brats dying trying to obstruct ICE over 4000 innocent Americans who have been killed by illegals in the past 10 years. The Democratic party has been compromised by weak degenerate globalists and no longer represents the American people, and they showed that clearly during the state of the union address.View attachment 90801

Trump, on election night 2024: "I’m not going to start a war, I’m going to stop wars."
"Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated — and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News"(whitehouse.gov)

Iran was not a threat to the US. AT ALL. This is a war of choice that is spending billions of taxpayer dollars for NO REASON.

Oh, but you want Health Care instead of wars? Phhhhft, we can't afford that.

 

[amstech]

Trump, on election night 2024: "I’m not going to start a war, I’m going to stop wars."

Trump isn't starting any wars. The conflict in Iran has been going on for 5 decades.
He's trying to end it. If Radical islam obtains nuclear weaponary, they WILL use it on thier enemies.

 

[amstech]

. Sometimes he says that he is attacking Iran to depower its military and nuclear capabilities. Sometimes he says he's doing it to liberate its citizens. Sometimes he says he's doing it to distract from the Epstein Files. He covers every base, and Republicans go along with it as long as they agree with at least one thing on the list.

There is no incriminating evidence against Trump in the Epstein files and its one of the last things the pathetic dems are trying to hold onto, who let grown men follow little girls into bathrooms... its laughable coming from them, who want to make it so 12 years old in Cali can consent to sex. And he ABSOLUTELY liberated the citizens of Iran. Cry about it, then try again .

 

[amstech]

I much prefer the Administration that gave $60B to Iran, even as they funded Hamas terror attacks, attempted to develop nuclear-tipped missiles capable of striking the US, and kidnapped, gang-raped, and murdered young Iranian women for daring to appear in public without a hijab.

The programmed radical left wing journalist and average feminine baby on this site won't understand this comment, it goes against thier brain washing and propoganda.

 

[RudyBob]

I'm sure some game developer is objecting that their game which depicts killing is being used to train soldiers that are protecting them.

 

[mbk34]

Does anyone know why America is attacking Iran?

 

[KnightSayNI]

The amount of ridiculous immaturity coming from the Trump administration is beyond outrageous and sickening.

People really have to do their best to vote Democratic in the midterms elections to get him out out of office or at the very least put a leash on him.

And yet 10's of millions of "you" believe 47 is a Russian asset and there are Golden Pee tapes

 

[The Talking Tech]

And yet 10's of millions of "you" believe 47 is a Russian asset and there are Golden Pee tapes

Not sure what you are talking about...a true Democrat don't go around believe in the in Boogyman such as the opposite party and their conspiracy laughable stories.