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Microsoft announced that a new Halo video game would be coming to Sony’s PlayStation, a longtime rival to Microsoft’s Xbox. That prompted video game retailer GameStop to issue a press release joking about the console wars being over. But that’s when things started to get weird, as President Donald Trump’s team jumped in and sparked a back-and-forth of memes and chatter from the federal government that helps illustrate how much the online culture of the White House has changed.
It began with a jokey press release issued by GameStop, formatted to resemble an official government proclamation.
A Statement from GameStop pic.twitter.com/GraJAT69aI
GameStop (@gamestop) October 25, 2025
From there, the X account Rapid Response 47 quote-tweeted the press release with “NUMBER 9: President Trump presides over the end of the 20-year Console Wars,” a reference to Trump’s false claims that he’s settled over half a dozen wars.
Rapid Response 47 is an official White House account that serves as the online attack dog of the administration, disseminating propaganda to counter messaging that the Trump regime dislikes. Though, in fairness, that’s pretty much every government social media account these days.
NUMBER 9: President Trump presides over the end of the 20-year Console Wars ????️ https://t.co/TpeLhZt89Y
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 26, 2025
GameStop followed up with its own quote-tweet, including an image of Trump shaking hands with Master Chief, the main character of the game.
https://t.co/jI0ZrstLgz pic.twitter.com/VS32cV0RG7
— GameStop (@gamestop) October 27, 2025
The main X account for the White House also got in on the jokes, sharing an AI-generated image of Trump as Master Chief without his helmet, along with the caption “Power to the Players.
