The group behind the statue of President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein in the “Titanic” pose is taking its latest project to Florida.
“Operation Epic Furious: Strait To Hell” is an installation originally placed at the D.C. War Memorial by anonymous art protest group The Secret Handshake. The three functional video game cabinets in D.C. featured tongue-in-cheek battles against DEI and the pope, the group said via email, in a satirical take on the Trump administration’s promotion of the war in Iran.
As of May 18, one of the games is set up near Trump’s Winter White House in Florida. Operation Epic Furious will be on display at MTN SPACE in Lake Worth Beach, about five miles from Mar-a-Lago, for five days. This is the first time the group has brought their project to Florida, but Trump’s club usually closes after Mother’s Day when the social season winds down.
“The Trump administration knows that the best way to sell combat is by making it a video game, that’s why they’ve been pumping out the ‘sickest’ Iran War video game hype reels,” a plaque at the installation reads, according to The Secret Handshake. “Strap in and play hard, because this game may never end.”
‘Operation Epic Furious’ comes with online video game
The Trump administration has taken to communicating about the war through memes on social media, some of which are clips from video games.
The online version of the “Operation Epic Furious” video game pulls up a Truth Social post from Trump, where he said, “a whole civilization will probably die tonight, never to be brought back again.” He posted it on April 7 as part of a longer threat against Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but the U.S. and Iran reached a ceasefire agreement that night.
The video game online begins by allowing users to guide Trump around a pixelated White House and interact with other officials in the administration, prompting options like, order a Diet Coke or burn the Epstein files. If the user chooses to ask to hold first lady Melania Trump’s hand, though, it will be game over. The White House did not respond to USA TODAY’s previous request for comment about the video game and installation.
Over 250,000 people have played the game online, according to the Secret Handshake.
What else has the Secret Handshake made?
The Secret Handshake previously told USA TODAY it is a small group of citizens using art and humor to prompt political discourse.
Their other projects have included statues depicting Trump and Epstein in the “Titanic” pose and holding hands in a joke about friendship month; an 8-foot-tall sculpture of a hand squashing the crown of the Statue of Liberty while making a thumbs-up gesture, called the “Dictator Approved” piece; and the “Gold TV statue” showing images of Trump dancing, including with Epstein.
Contributing: Kristina Webb, Kathryn Palmer, Kate Perez, Carlie Procell, USA TODAY Network
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This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Satire video game about Trump’s war in Iran heads to Mar-a-Lago area
Reporting by Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY NETWORK / Palm Beach Post
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