{"id":666019,"date":"2026-09-10T12:15:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=666019"},"modified":"2026-09-10T12:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:15:27","slug":"wh-quietly-takes-down-tetris-themed-build-the-wall-video-game-after-company-cries-copyright-infringement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=666019","title":{"rendered":"WH quietly takes down Tetris-themed \u2018Build the Wall\u2019 video game after company cries copyright infringement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The White House has quietly taken down a Tetris-themed video game in which users could construct a border wall using falling bricks that was similar to the beloved arcade classic.<\/p>\n

Last week, the \u201cBuild the Wall\u201d game along with other MAGA friendly video games was posted to a new website<\/a> to promote President Donald J. Trump\u2019s policies, one of which is cracking down on illegal immigration at the southern border.<\/p>\n

Other games include \u201cFlappy Bird\u201d which features the flying of a bald eagle down the National Mall and \u201cRio Run\u201d which allowed users to patrol the border along the Rio Grande with Border Czar Tom Homan. Users can also play a game filling up Trump Accounts.<\/p>\n

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CAN\u2019T STOP WINNING. \"\ud83c\udfae\"<\/p>\n

Build the wall. Deport. Fill a Trump Account.<\/p>\n

LIVE \u2013 PLAY NOW \"\ud83d\udcf2\" https:\/\/t.co\/qIR69AxSnm<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/2nr2jG1ZRg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The attempt to promote the president\u2019s agenda in a fun way drew the predictable squeals of outrage from Democrats, the media and leftists but also a strong reaction from the company that created Tetris which accused the administration of copyright infringement.<\/p>\n

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P.S. The Tetris Company was not involved in the creation of \u2018Build the Wall\u2019.<\/p>\n

P.P.S. We take copyright infringement very seriously. pic.twitter.com\/Fu02khRpT3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tetris (@Tetris_Official) September 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAt Tetris we believe in the power of connection and bringing people together, not dividing them,\u201d the Tetris Company said in a statement. \u201cTo our fans everywhere: we love you, we see you and we\u2019re grateful to have you in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Tetris Company was not involved in the creation of \u2018Build the Wall,’\u201d the company wrote in the September 4 post to X. \u201cWe take copyright infringement very seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n

NBC News first reported<\/a> the removal of the Tetris-themed game on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe White House removed the MAGA-themed game \u201cBuild the Wall\u201d from its website this week after Tetris Co. issued a statement online mentioning copyright infringement,\u201d according to the outlet which included a link to a previous version of the website via the Wayback Machine.<\/p>\n

When the games were first unveiled, the Associated Press described<\/a> them as\u00a0\u201ca collection of five low-resolution video games that promote different aspects of President Donald Trump\u2019s agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Build the Wall\u2019 is a \u2018Tetris\u2019 knockoff that transforms the classic game into an effort to \u2018Protect the border from the coming horde.\u2019 In \u2018Rio Run,\u2019 which resembles the mobile favorite \u2018Snake,\u2019 an icon resembling Trump runs around gathering potential border crossers,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn \u2018Supply Line,\u2019 which looks like a condensed version of the arcade game \u2018Tapper,\u2019 food moves along an assembly line and you must reject items that don\u2019t meet \u2018Make America Healthy Again\u2019 standards,\u201d according to AP.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuild the Wall\u201d is no longer included on the White House\u2019s MAGA game website. The rest of the games are still available as of early Thursday morning,<\/p>\n

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(Screenshot: The White House)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe White House did not immediately respond to NBC News\u2019 requests for comment on the game\u2019s removal. Tetris Co. declined to comment,\u201d NBC News reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis administration is laser focused on ways to innovate and tell the story of the president\u2019s many accomplishments in a way that resonates with every American,\u201d a White House official explained<\/a> to Fox News Digital after the games were first launched.<\/p>\n

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The White House has quietly taken down a Tetris-themed video game in which users could construct a border wall using falling bricks that was similar to the beloved arcade classic. Last week, the \u201cBuild the Wall\u201d game along with other MAGA friendly video games was posted to a new website to promote President Donald J.… Continue reading WH quietly takes down Tetris-themed \u2018Build the Wall\u2019 video game after company cries copyright infringement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":666020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=666019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/666020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=666019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=666019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=666019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}