The White House currently specializes in controversy-courting memes, designed to piss off as many as possible with deliberately half-assed cultural references invariably created using AI. Which is a sentence that would have been absolutely ridiculous to parse at any other point in America’s history. But the latest, a clumsy and crass reference to Destiny 2, has really rubbed people the wrong way, posted to time with the devastating news of widespread job losses at developer Bungie.
The White House X account, with almost five million followers, reads like the propaganda output of a banana republic. It wildly veers between reposting far-right news networks’ lies, screenshots of Trump’s incoherent Truth Social drivel, perpetuating wholly untruthful witch-hunts, and embarrassing AI-generated slop. It’s kind of a bad look. But last night’s Destiny 2 reference just felt like an extra level of dickery.
Eyes Up, Guardians 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/tO0KmmJ5i5
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 25, 2026
This idiotic image of a Destiny-like character screen, featuring a muscular Trump holding a U.S. flag, and “power” levels beyond that which are possible in the game, is obviously nowhere near as dangerous and vile as endangering a person’s life because they put their arm in the Reflecting Pool, nor the constant spreading of misinformation regarding elections (both from the last 24 hours), but it’s just a pathetically low move. For a government that claims to be incessantly fighting for American jobs to just openly mock the loss of so many within the games industry (for which it offers none of the support or intervention that would be immediately proffered to banks, oil companies, etc.), is a gut punch on the same day we learned that most of Destiny 2‘s team have lost their jobs. And people have been responding furiously.
The common mantra in response is, “What the fuck is going on?”
What in the flying fuck am I seeing right now…
— GJake (@GernaderJake) June 25, 2026
What the actual fuck is going on today https://t.co/JjXPbU2wo2
— KackisHD (@RickKackis) June 25, 2026
what the actual fuck is happening. is the whole world on super mega crack or something? https://t.co/4ka6MtiNp3
— BungieLeaks (Archive) (@Bungie_Leaks) June 25, 2026
Bragging (aka lying) about unemployment numbers and then posting this when Bungie laid off 200+ people. Fucking morons https://t.co/EKu8Sjq9jo
— kate bush’s husband (@airbagg3d) June 25, 2026
more then 1 exotic, no subclass, ghorn artifact, 4700 light, legendary shards existing, maybe the worst larp ive ever seen 😭😭😭😭🤞 https://t.co/4xBCiOwtIi
— Saint ✈️ 🔜 GCX 2026 (@saaaaaaaaaint) June 25, 2026
New Raid 'The Capitol' releasing Jan 6th.
No minimum power requirements, however raiders will be limited to a maximum IQ level of 12.
Worlds first completion will unlock the new Narcissistic Pedofile subclass. https://t.co/C2oeQPlCxi
— Log (@LogPowerslave) June 25, 2026
Just had a look at the raid report… Care to comment? https://t.co/D2NuFZ16dI pic.twitter.com/M7YvHg3X0o
— LukeCB14 (@LukeCB14) June 25, 2026
I am utterly disgusted. Any other day this would be cringe, but TODAY of ALL days? Minimum disrespectful as fuck.
What goddamn timeline are we living in right now? https://t.co/ChGmkG4Gn5
— SamiKat (@samikatplays) June 25, 2026
Not today man pic.twitter.com/YYkg0E9anw
— Paul Tassi (@PaulTassi) June 25, 2026
I'll let The Speaker say it.@Sony @PlayStation https://t.co/Xzsl0VRQoj pic.twitter.com/GrDrhe0jRM
— EdenofChaos (@EdenOfChaos) June 25, 2026
https://t.co/er5dc9LAUw pic.twitter.com/3CvviWQZvx
— Gary (@GuapoGary_) June 25, 2026
