Ben Stiller spoke out against the White House by using a clip of Tropic Thunder in their latest social media posts following the Iran strike.
“Hey White House, please take it down Tropic Thunder clip,” the actor, 60, wrote on X on Friday, March 6. “We never gave you permission and we are not interested in being part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie.”
On Thursday, March 5, the official White House X account posted a clip featuring Stiller’s satirical film about the Vietnam War in which he also starred. Jack Black again Robert Downey Jr. The post was a recap of some of the battle moments from the films and included additional excerpts from Braveheart, Top Gun, Superman, Transformers, Iron Man 2, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and more.
“JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. 🇺🇸🔥,” reads the caption.
Last weekend, President Donald Trump and the White House confirmed that the United States launched an airstrike in Iran that killed the country’s leader. Ali Khamenei. Khamenei was 86 years old. In a statement shared on social media on Saturday, February 28, Trump, 79, called Khamenei “one of the worst people in history.”
“This is not just justice for the people of Iran, but for all great Americans,” he said at the time.
The next day, the White House gave an update on the conflict that Trump called “Operation Epic Fury.”
“Earlier today, CENTCOM shared the news that three members of the US military have been killed in action,” the White House said via X on Sunday, March 1. “As one nation, we grieve for the true patriots of our nation, who have sacrificed so much for our nation… We send our deepest love and eternal gratitude to the families of the fallen.”
President Donald Trump’s White House is not backing down after singer Sabrina Carpenter criticized the administration for using her song to promote the administration’s efforts to forcibly deport undocumented immigrants. “PSA: If you are an illegal criminal, YOU WILL BE ARRESTED and DEPORTED,” said the White House’s official X account on Friday, December 5. […]
Stiller is not the only Hollywood figure who has asked the Trump administration to refrain from using their intellectual property. Earlier this week, Kesha criticized the White House for including her song “Blow” in a pro-war video.
“It has come to my mind that the White House has used one of my songs on TikTok to incite violence and threaten war. [prior to the Iran conflict],” the singer, 39, wrote on his Instagram Story on Monday, March 2. “Trying to make war easy is disgusting and barbaric. I have absolutely NO idea that my music has been used to incite violence of any kind.”
Sabrina Carpenter He previously asked the White House not to use his song “Juno” in the video that the administration used for the controversial ICE raid.
