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THE SAME WORDS, PRINTED DIFFERENTLYSaturday 05 September 2026

6 outlets quote this line 5 different ways.

aa.com.tr: “Build the Wall.”; channelnewsasia.com: “CAN'T STOP WINNING. Build the wall. Deport. Fill a Trump Account,”; japantimes.co.jp: “The Tetris Company was not involved in the creation of ’Build the Wall’ and did…

As published

14 pages captured at the time, in each outlet's own typography. Open one to read the copy held outside the publisher's control.

aa.com.tr as published: EXPLAINER - How the White House turned its deportation policies into online arcade gamesaa.com.tr2026-09-05 20:22:38channelnewsasia.com as published: Trump's White House releases deportation video gameschannelnewsasia.com2026-09-04 11:43:53euronews.com as published: Trump arcade: White House launches pro-MAGA games with a deportation twisteuronews.com2026-09-04 11:43:53france24.com as published: Trump's White House releases deportation video gamesfrance24.com2026-09-05 20:22:38japantimes.co.jp as published: Tetris distances itself from controversial White House ‘arcade’ gamesjapantimes.co.jp2026-09-05 20:22:38lemonde.fr as published: Trump's White House releases deportation video gameslemonde.fr2026-09-05 20:22:38malaymail.com as published: ‘Build the wall. Deport’: White House launches MAGA arcade games featuring migrant deportationsmalaymail.com2026-09-04 11:43:53motherjones.com as published: The White House Made an Arcade Game Out of Deporting Peoplemotherjones.com2026-09-05 20:22:38nbcnews.com as published: White House launches video games that promote Trump's agendanbcnews.com2026-09-05 20:22:38nzherald.co.nz as published: Trump’s White House releases video games online making fun of deportationnzherald.co.nz2026-09-04 11:43:53reason.com as published: In the White House's Retro Arcade Games, the Trump Administration Always Losesreason.com2026-09-05 20:22:38scmp.com as published: Tetris says it didn’t give White House permission for ‘Build the Wall’ gamescmp.com2026-09-05 20:22:38telegraph.co.uk as published: White House launches ‘catch the migrant’ arcade gametelegraph.co.uk2026-09-05 20:22:38thetimes.com as published: White House releases ‘catch the migrant’ and ‘build the wall’ gamesthetimes.com2026-09-05 20:22:38

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aa.com.tr

  • drawing criticism from a state lawmaker and social media users who say the administration is trivializing immigration enforcement and stripping it of its human cost

no speaker named anywhere in the article

channelnewsasia.com

  • Rights groups swiftly criticised the release of the online games

no speaker named anywhere in the article

euronews.com

  • Rights groups did not take kindly to them

no speaker named anywhere in the article

malaymail.com

  • Rights groups swiftly criticised the release of the online games

no speaker named anywhere in the article

nzherald.co.nz

  • Rights groups were quick to criticise the release of the online games

no speaker named anywhere in the article

reason.com

  • which the Associated Press calls a condensed version of Tapper

no speaker named anywhere in the article

Same storyEarlier: On September 3, 2026, the White House launched a website featuring five arcade-style…Each entry records what was published on its own date and is not edited afterwards.

What this entry found

  • ONE SOURCE, MANY MASTHEADS

    14 outlets carried this. They resolve to 12 independent sources.

    A reader sampling these outlets received 12 accounts, not 14.

  • ONLY ONE OUTLET HAD THIS

    motherjones.com carried 6 details no other outlet reported.

    • In Rio Run, the pixelated character is described as a 'white' and 'balding Border Patrol agent'
    • The Rio Run character collects 'border crossers' who appear as orange-jumpsuited figures trailing behind the enforcer
    • A White House spokesperson told CNN the arcade is 'an effort to further contrast between a culture of fun and winning and the dark socialist vision Democrats have for America'
    • Tetris posted on Instagram that the company takes copyright infringement 'very seriously'
    • Flappy Bill is one of the arcade games featured on the White House website
    • The arcade also includes a school lunch game with a MAGA orientation
14outlets→12independent
What happened, for context

On September 3, 2026, the Trump administration launched an online arcade on the White House website featuring five video games designed around the administration's policy agenda. Two games—Rio Run and Build the Wall—focused on immigration enforcement and deportation, drawing criticism from rights groups and prompting Tetris to deny authorizing use of its intellectual property.

10 of 14 articles were readable. Headline only, no body text retrieved, for: france24.com, lemonde.fr, telegraph.co.uk, thetimes.com. Nothing below is drawn from those outlets beyond their headline.

Who reported it

  • aa.com.trSTATE
    • channelnewsasia.comINDEP
    • france24.comPUBLIC
    • lemonde.frINDEP
    identical copy
  • euronews.comUNCLASSIFIED
  • japantimes.co.jpINDEP
  • malaymail.comUNCLASSIFIED
  • motherjones.comPARTISAN
  • nbcnews.comINDEP
    • channelnewsasia.comINDEP
    • nzherald.co.nzINDEP
    • scmp.comINDEP
    one owner · DMGT (Daily Mail)
  • reason.comUNCLASSIFIED
  • telegraph.co.ukINDEP
  • thetimes.comUNCLASSIFIED

References

Carried by multiple outlets

  • White House launched arcade games on Thursday, September 3, 2026aa.com.tr, channelnewsasia.com, euronews.com, japantimes.co.jp, scmp.com
  • Rio Run is an arcade game featuring a pixelated version of Tom Homan (border czar) chasing migrants depicted with different skin colors near the Rio Grande riverchannelnewsasia.com, euronews.com, malaymail.com, motherjones.com, nzherald.co.nz, reason.com
  • Rio Run is based on or adapted from the classic game Snakechannelnewsasia.com, euronews.com, malaymail.com, motherjones.com, nzherald.co.nz, reason.com
  • Build the Wall is an arcade game based on or adapted from Tetris mechanicsaa.com.tr, channelnewsasia.com, euronews.com, malaymail.com, motherjones.com, nzherald.co.nz, reason.com
  • Build the Wall includes the instruction 'Protect the border from the coming horde'aa.com.tr, channelnewsasia.com, euronews.com, malaymail.com, nzherald.co.nz, reason.com
  • A third game involves investment accounts called 'Trump accounts' containing a $1,000 deposit for children born in 2025 through 2028channelnewsasia.com, malaymail.com, nzherald.co.nz
  • and 4 more, not shown

Reported by one outlet only

  • Two games focus directly on Trump's border and deportation policies: Build the Wall and Rio Runonly aa.com.tr
  • The games are named 'Build the Wall,' 'Rio Run,' 'Supply Line,' 'Flappy Bill,' and 'Trump Savings Tycoon'only aa.com.tr
  • The White House website describes the games with the tagline 'CAN'T STOP WINNING. Build the wall. Deport. Fill a Trump Account'only channelnewsasia.com, malaymail.com, nzherald.co.nz
  • The White House account on X posted a video with the 'Make America Great Again' logo MAGA adapted based on the logo of video game maker Segaonly channelnewsasia.com, malaymail.com, nzherald.co.nz
  • In Rio Run, the pixelated character is described as a 'white' and 'balding Border Patrol agent'only motherjones.com
  • The Rio Run character collects 'border crossers' who appear as orange-jumpsuited figures trailing behind the enforceronly motherjones.com

Reported unevenly

  • Description of the border enforcement character in Rio Runstated by motherjones.com describes the player-character as 'a pixelated, white, and balding Border Patrol agent' · absent from channelnewsasia.com, euronews.com, malaymail.com, nzherald.co.nz, reason.com describe the character only as 'a digital version of Tom Homan' (the border czar) without describing physical appearance as 'white and balding' or specifying role as 'Border Patrol agent'