Group behind Epstein, Trump statues back with satire video game on Iran
Kinsey Crowley- Arcade games depicting satirical scenarios about the war in Iran are available to play at the DC War Memorial.
- The Secret Handshake, the group behind the installation, also put up statues of Trump and Epstein holding hands and embracing.
Arcade games mocking President Donald Trump and the war in Iran have been temporarily installed at the D.C. War Memorial.
"Operation Epic Furious: Strait To Hell" is an installation by anonymous art protest group The Secret Handshake, which has also put up statues highlighting Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The three functional video game cabinets in D.C. feature tongue-in-cheek battles against DEI and the pope, the group said via email. The installation will be up for a limited number of days this week, but the game is also available online for users to walk through.
"The Trump administration knows that the best way to sell combat is by making it a video game, that’s why they’ve been pumping out the ‘sickest’ Iran War video game hype reels," a plaque at the installation reads, according to The Secret Handshake. "Strap in and play hard, because this game may never end."
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The Trump administration has taken to communicating about the war through memes on social media, some of which are clips from video games.
The online version of the "Epic Furious" video game pulls up a Truth Social post from Trump, where he said, "a whole civilization will probably die tonight, never to be brought back again." He posted it on April 7 as part of a longer threat against Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but the U.S. and Iran reached a ceasefire agreement that night.
The video game online begins by allowing users to guide Trump around a pixelated White House and interact with other officials in the administration, prompting options like, order a Diet Coke or burn the Epstein files. If the user chooses to ask to hold first lady Melania Trump's hand, though, it will be game over. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the video game and installation.
The Secret Handshake previously told USA TODAY they are a small group of citizens using art and humor to prompt political discourse. In addition to statues depicting Trump and Epstein, the group has previously erected the so-called "Dictator Approved" piece, an 8-foot-tall sculpture of a hand squashing the crown of the Statue of Liberty while making a thumbs-up gesture; and the "Gold TV statue" multimedia installation, in which a golden TV showed images of Trump dancing, including with Epstein.
Contributing: Kathryn Palmer, Kate Perez, Carlie Procell, USA TODAY
Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at [email protected]. Follow her onX (Twitter),Threads,Bluesky andTikTok.