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The White House is making arcade games racist

Source: FlexChar · Published Sep 4, 2026, 9:42 PM

In Digital, FlexChar puts this story at the center of the day: Trump’s racist new “Build the Wall” game. | Image: The White House The PR masterminds at the White House just released a series of vaguely policy-themed "arcade" games, some of which are racist - and modeled on real games whose copyright holders may not be too happy to be associa FlexChar is surfacing it because it is driving searches and conversation right now.

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