Did you wake up today wanting to feel intentionally provoked by President Trump’s underlings? I’m sorry to say their latest deliberate provocation is so feeble, I’m not sure I can help. On Thursday, the White House website published five MAGA-themed video games, likely cobbled together in a matter of minutes with an LLM, likely by White House Head of Digital Strategy Kaelan Dorr, who has been hyping the games on X lately.
SEND ME YOUR HIGH SCORES!!! https://t.co/wE0WWbwy4H
— Kaelan Dorr (@Kaelan47) September 4, 2026
Gizmodo requested comment from the White House, specifically asking if Kaelan Dorr made the games, and if he used an LLM to do so. We also took the liberty of asking whether said LLM was Grok. The White House has not replied, and until it does, treat all that as pure speculation.
The games are low-effort in the extreme. Here’s a breakdown:
Weirdly, there’s no Strait of Hormuz game. Since Trump professes to believe that whole thing is going great, it’s a mystery why.
If you were a non-Trump voter in early 2025, everything the new administration did sort of made you feel sick with dread, and these games, had they existed then, would have been shocking and outrageous. But here in 2026, Trump’s approval ratings are staggeringly poor, and he’s staring down the barrel of a midterm trouncing that even Fox News acknowledges is looking pretty likely. MAGA is living in plausible fear of a lame duck two years ahead.
So with that in mind, the Trump Administration’s weird little collection of lib-triggering, probably vibe coded video games just kinda feels like what it is, a slightly trollish internet post. The “Flappy Bird” game works though. If you’re someone who plays casual in-browser games to fidget with your hands while you watch YouTube or listen to podcasts, you could do a lot worse.
Source: Gizmodo