White House War Montage Irks Ben Stiller, People With Brains

"The White House began mixing real Iran war footage into flippant social media posts. It all culminated in this Thursday night post on the official White House X and TikTok feeds, which celebrates the attack on Iran with a mix of drone footage and clips from films and TV shows like Superman, Iron Man 2, Top Gun, Tropic Thunder, and Breaking Bad."

"Tony Stark coming to regret his involvement in weapons manufacturing for the U.S. government is a major part of his character arc. Saul Goodman is a sleazy lawyer and his story doesn't end in a good place (physically, at least). Same goes for meth cook Walter White. The specific scenes in this clip show them at peak derangement."

"This content got even more depraved over the last week, as the White House began mixing real Iran war footage into flippant social media posts. It seems like every few weeks another musician is demanding that the administration stop using their work, from Sabrina Carpenter denouncing a montage of violent ICE arrests set to "Manchild" to Kenny Loggins objecting to "Danger Zone.""

The White House released a controversial social media post celebrating military action against Iran by combining actual drone footage with clips from films and television shows including Superman, Iron Man 2, Top Gun, Tropic Thunder, and Breaking Bad. The post, captioned "JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY," exemplifies a pattern of problematic content from the administration's social media accounts. The montage misappropriates cultural references whose original contexts contradict the intended message—including characters who regret weapons manufacturing, criminals at their worst, and a genocidal villain. This incident follows repeated instances of the White House using musicians' work without permission in violent or offensive content, prompting numerous artists to demand removal of their music from official feeds.

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