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GameStop has trolled JD Vance after the White House bizarrely tried to insert Donald Trump into video game culture and credit him with ending another war. The White House’s official X account on Sunday posted a strange AI rendering of the 79-year-old president saluting triumphantly while cosplaying as the main character from the video game Halo. The White House has been trying to label Trump as “The Peace President,” apparently to bolster his quest for the Nobel Peace Prize. GameStop responded to the White House by posting its own AI-generated image of Trump and Vance as Halo characters—although the vice president may be less than amused with his depiction. GameStop’s AI rendering features Trump dressed up as Halo’s main character, Master Chief, and uses his historic mugshot. Vance, on the other hand, is depicted as Cortana—the female AI from the franchise—with his meme-ified, bloated face superimposed on her body. The White House’s X account quickly reposted the image. When reached for comment, a GameStop spokesperson told the Daily Beast, “Video games and s--tposting bringing people together. MGGA,” adding that the acronym stands for “Make gaming great again.” Meanwhile, White House spokesman Kush Desai told the Daily Beast, “Yet another war ended under President Trump’s watch—only one leader is fully committed to giving power to the players and that leader is Donald J. Trump.” The Daily Beast has sought comment from Vance’s office. The viral meme of Vance’s chubby, baby-faced, death-stare visage has dogged the 41-year-old vice president since he became the target of a mass humiliation online campaign in February, although the millennial, who dabbles in meme-posting himself, has previously said he thinks it’s a funny trend. Earlier on Sunday, GameStop had posted another AI rendering of Trump shaking hands with Master Chief, in response to the White House’s RapidResponse47 X account declaring, “President Trump presides over the end of the 20-year Console Wars.” GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen, an outspoken Trump supporter, reposted the exchange on his own X account, and GameStop stock jumped Monday morning.
