White House website debuts 5 low-res arcade video games that promote Trump's agenda
The five-game collection uses retro-style play to promote border security, children’s savings accounts and school lunch policy, while critics call it dehumanizing.
- On Thursday, September 3, 2026, the White House unveiled Arcade, a website featuring five retro-style browser games designed to promote President Donald Trump's policy agenda.
- A White House official stated the games aim to "innovate and tell the story of the President's many accomplishments," contrasting their vision with the "dark socialist vision Democrats have for America."
- Players navigate titles like Build the Wall and Rio Run to simulate policy goals, including collecting money to "Fill your kids' Trump Accounts," a $1,000 federal savings program for eligible children.
- The Tetris Company distanced itself from Build the Wall on Friday, stating it was not involved and warning that it takes copyright infringement "very seriously."
- Rights advocates condemned the arcade as dehumanizing; Amerika Garcia Grewal, co-director of the Frontera Federation, stated designers "have lost touch with what it means to be human and care for others.
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Letter: White House Arcade Games
The official White House website, funded with our tax money, has added five kids arcade type video games. I played an interesting one called “Rio Run,” in which I controlled a figure that looks like Trump. On the screen are…
The official website adapts clàssics com Tetris i Snake per converting Trump's agenda into an interactive experience
Retro games have been used to support Trump's anti-immigrant policies.
White House launches Arcade.gov with computer game that lets players 'deport' migrants
(ABC) — The White House announced the launch of what it called “Arcade.gov,” a website of five versions of classic computer games promoting the president’s agenda. The games include “Flappy Bill,” “Build the Wall,” “Rio Run,” “Supply Line” and “Trump Savings Tycoon.” One of the games, “Rio Run,” a variation on the popular Snake computer game, has players “deport” migrants along the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border. In “Build the Wall,” a …
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