White House posts video game style clips of Iran strikes as oil tops $100
Mar 11th 2026
As the US-Israel conflict with Iran enters a second week and oil tops $100 a barrel, the White House is publishing social videos that blend war footage with memes and video game imagery, prompting debate and coinciding with a high profile cabinet sacking.
- The US-Israel war with Iran has continued into a second week with allies still scrambling to respond.
- Oil prices have climbed above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022.
- The White House has uploaded social media videos of the Iran conflict that mix footage with memes, TV clips and video game imagery.
- Those posts have prompted debate over whether the content amounts to the gamification of war and whether it is meant to drive online engagement.
- Kristi Noem was sacked as a cabinet secretary in the Trump administration with a White House official calling it a culmination of her leadership failures.
Articles
- Newscast - Will War In Iran Really End "Very Soon"? - BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk
- Americast - Americanswers… on 5Live! Why is Trump’s White House comparing the war in Iran to a video game? - BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk
- Pete Hegseth brings combative style as face of Trump's war in Iran www.bbc.com
- ‘America’s mortal enemy’: Pete Hegseth expressed extreme antipathy toward Iran for years www.theguardian.com
- Newscast - Iran’s New Supreme Leader (Sort Of) Speaks Out - BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk