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A new video from the White House mixes Call of Duty footage with actual video of Iran strikes

The Verge · Jay Peters · last updated

The video has footage, music, and edits like what you might see in Call of Duty highlight videos.

On Wednesday, the White House posted a video of actual military strikes on Iran in the style usually seen in Call of Duty highlight videos, and started the video with a clip from Call of Duty. The real-life footage of missiles and other munitions hitting targets in Iran shows clips seen in other Trump administration videos, like this one posted to the U.S. Central Command X account.

As noted by The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell, the animation at the start appears to be from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III when a player activates a …

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