The emerging quagmire and resistance to the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran seem to have pushed the Donald Trump regime’s war propaganda into hyperdrive. But US citizens have seen this toxic story before. So cheap words and movie montages are unlikely to convince more people to back wasting billions on another forever war.
‘Embarrassing’ US war propaganda
The unprovoked US-Israeli offensive is already less popular than Vietnam. And just days in, there is open, widespread criticism of it in the US. This is hardly surprising, considering it has so far killed over 1,200 people in Iran and sparked regional chaos.
In this context, Trump’s White House has shared a vomit-worthy propaganda video. But far from helping, it has made his regime look even more like coked-up, roid-raging incels playing shoot-em-up games in their parents’ basements. And people were quick to point out its awfulness, with one calling it:
possibly the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen from any Government ever
lol interesting movie choices
Braveheart: The entire movie is about resisting imperial occupation by a more powerful nation. Using it to celebrate American military power is exactly backwards — we are the empire.
Saul Goodman: A corrupt, morally bankrupt lawyer who helps a…
— Adam Del (@adam__xyz) March 6, 2026
Wild that this is the reality: pic.twitter.com/z36Cylfi5n
— The Political Bitcoiner (@PoliticalBTC) March 6, 2026
The White House has also been putting out laughably fawning authoritarian phrases about “Unstoppable Momentum”, such as:
Under the decisive leadership of President Donald J. Trump, America’s unparalleled warfighters are delivering devastating strikes in Operation Epic Fury
And it seems to have taken tips from the propagandists of George Orwell’s 1984:
The only way.
pic.twitter.com/GQWt4LwsNH
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 5, 2026
The corporate media, meanwhile, has been playing along. It has:
- Ignored atrocities, like the apparently deliberate ‘double-tap‘ massacre of 150 schoolgirls or the attacks on civilian infrastructure, including at least 14 medical centres and 3,000 homes.
- Omitted key facts, like that Iran was trying to negotiate or that nuclear power Israel had spent decades seeking to convince us Iran had nuclear weapons (which it doesn’t).
- Distorted or underplayed relevant history, like the West’s longstanding interventionism in Iran, Israel’s genocidal lawlessness in the region, or the fact that the US has killed far more Iranians than Iranians have US citizens.
- Failed to emphasise the reckless wastage of billions of dollars to enable the crimes of a rogue settler-colonial ally (Israel).
Two nuclear powers — the US and Israel — are rampaging through Western Asia in violation of international law, disrupting energy supplies and destroying lives. And on top of that, Donald Trump’s regime is treating people in the US and around the world like idiots.
If the reaction online and offline is anything to go by, however, Trump’s war propaganda may be doing more harm to his reputation than good.
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By Ed Sykes
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