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The White House is using anime as propaganda. Fans in Japan hate it
Key takeaways
- The Department of Homeland Security posted a video using images and the theme song from the Pokémon TV show.
- It is a United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) post on social media, one of several using popular Japanese anime to promote the Trump administration's messages — sometimes with dark irony.
- To deport them is our cause," the DHS says in reply to a comment on its video, in a play on the theme song lyrics.
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The Department of Homeland Security posted a video using images and the theme song from the Pokémon TV show. (X: Department of Homeland Security)
Link copied Share Share article Masked agents handcuff and arrest men with blurred faces in the video, as the iconic Pokémon theme song reaches its chorus: "Gotta catch 'em all."
It is a United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) post on social media, one of several using popular Japanese anime to promote the Trump administration's messages — sometimes with dark irony.
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