White House Launches Five Retro Arcade Games to Promote the Administration’s Agenda, Including Tetris Knockoff to Build a Wall
Who needs food or gas when taxpayer money could go toward online arcade games instead?
To further promote the Trump administration’s agenda, the White House has launched an online retro arcade featuring games such as “Build the Wall,” “Rio Run,” and “Flappy Bill.” According to a White House official who spoke with Newsweek, the appearance of the arcade is due to the administration being “laser focused” on new ways to impart the story of the “President’s many accomplishments in a way that resonates with every American.”
The official further claimed that the project was a way to contrast MAGA’s culture of winning and fun with the “dark socialist vision Democrats have for America.” They also reportedly stated, “The President continues to rack up victory after victory on behalf of the American public, while opponents of his agenda are defending their record of raising taxes and empowering criminal illegal aliens.”
The Games Included in the Arcade Are Based on Real Games
The low-resolution style games found in the arcade are mostly based on real retro games. “Rio Run” is a knock-off of the classic “Snake,” and features an icon resembling President Trump going around to round up those crossing the border. “Build the Wall,” unsurprisingly, is a “Tetris” knock-off where players are tasked with stacking blocks to build a section of a wall to “protect the border from the coming horde.”
Finally, “Supply Line” vaguely resembles the arcade game “Tapper.” In it, food moves on a conveyor belt while players tap items that meet the standards of “Make America Healthy Again.” The other two games take place over the capital, with “Trump Savings Tycoon” having players collect flying money to “fill your kids’ Trump accounts.” “Flappy Bill” involves flying eagles carrying legislation over the National Mall while trying to avoid any obstacles.
If the website is accurate, there may be more games in the future, as one section reads “Coming Soon” and “A new adventure awaits.”
Americans Are More Concerned With Affordability Than Arcade Games
The project comes at a time when affordability is top of mind for most Americans, as the cost of almost everything, including food and gas, soars ever higher. Grocery prices alone are approximately 30% higher than they were in 2020, while gas is around 45% more costly.
Texas Democratic state Representative Jessica González responded to the arcade on X in a post that read, “Trump’s White House literally built video games on a government website before doing anything to solve America’s affordability crisis.”
Travis Akers, a retired intelligence officer and history teacher, posted to his followers, “You can’t afford gas and groceries, but Trump is spending millions of your tax dollars to make old video games.”
This isn’t the first time the Trump administration has been criticized for how they’ve utilized official government websites, and it’s unlikely to be the last. However, that seems to be part of the point in using these websites in this way. In a report from CNN in November 2025, a White House official explained, “[…] it’s also a vehicle to push our message, and we’re able to weaponize it in a way that no other administration has been able to do.”
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