{"id":1810977,"date":"2026-03-06T12:46:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1810977"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:46:48","slug":"unsurprisingly-the-pokemon-company-isnt-a-fan-of-the-white-houses-use-of-a-pokopia-meme-for-political-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1810977","title":{"rendered":"Unsurprisingly, The Pok\u00e9mon Company isn&#8217;t a fan of the White House&#8217;s use of a Pokopia meme for political means"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul 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  <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Pikachu-looks-angry-with-a-screenshot-of-The-White-House's-MAGA-Pokopia-post-overlaid-on-top_XxsTECc.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Pikachu looks angry with a screenshot of The White House's MAGA Pokopia post overlaid on top\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Pikachu-looks-angry-with-a-screenshot-of-The-White-House's-MAGA-Pokopia-post-overlaid-on-top_XxsTECc.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"519\" height=\"292\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/unsurprisingly-the-pokemon-company-isnt-a-fan-of-the-white-houses-use-of-a-pokopia-meme-for-political-means?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          14 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"97168ab0-566e-4c63-908e-fb3d4fd497ad\" data-name=\"Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia\" title=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia\"><br \/>\n  Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Company has released a statement objecting the use of a Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia meme by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The meme in question has been widely used by many others, and sees people taking the colourful cover for Pokopia and replacing the game name with text of their own choosing. You can see a similar example of how it looks <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jimtrinca.bsky.social\/post\/3mg3sebwgt22l\">thanks to Jim Trinca<\/a> below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Unsurprisingly, The Pok\u00e9mon Company isn't a fan of the White House's use of a Pokeopia meme for political means\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Jim's-take-on-the-Pokopia-meme.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.0\" width=\"1000\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Unsurprisingly, The Pok\u00e9mon Company isn't a fan of the White House's use of a Pokeopia meme for political means\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Jim's-take-on-the-Pokopia-meme.jpg\" height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.0\" width=\"1000\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Jim Trinca<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Trump administration has continued its trend of jumping on a video game meme bandwagon to promote its political agenda, and yesterday the official White House social media account shared one that riffs off Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia. In its own image, the White House replaced Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia with the words &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221;, captioning it &#8220;MAGA&#8221; with an American flag and lightning bold emoji.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, The Pok\u00e9mon Company issued a statement addressing the Trump administration&#8217;s use of the Pokopia-themed work, stressing it did not grant the White House permission to use its intellectual property for social content.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are aware of recent social content that includes imagery associated with our brand,&#8221; a company spokesperson told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/05\/arts\/pokemon-company-white-house-memes.html\">The New York Times<\/a>. &#8220;We were not involved in its creation or distribution, and no permission was granted for the use of our intellectual property.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our mission is to bring the world together, and that mission is not affiliated with any political viewpoint or agenda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"et\">MAGA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u26a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8QRVP23zGu\">pic.twitter.com\/8QRVP23zGu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2029566106650767581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia is not the only game to be given a distasteful White House treatment this month. Just a matter of days ago, footage from Call of Duty was used in a video released by the White House&#8217;s social media team, which showed a character calling in a Kill Streak before a montage of real-world military bombing appeared on the screen with &#8216;+100&#8217; point indicators.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Responding to this specific post, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/infinity-ward\">Infinity Ward<\/a> co-founder Chance Glasco said he wasn&#8217;t surprised to see it, and recalled that after Activision took over post-Respawn formation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-co-founder-claims-activision-put-very-awkward-pressure-on-infinity-ward-to-make-a-game-about-iran-invading-israel\">there &#8220;was a very awkward pressure&#8221; for the studio to make the next Call of Duty game about Iran attacking Israel<\/a>. Eurogamer contacted Activation to ask if it had any statement on this, however the company did not respond.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Company has released a statement objecting the use of a Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia meme by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The meme in question has been widely used by many others, and sees people taking the colourful cover for Pokopia and replacing the game name with text of their own choosing. You can see a similar example of how it looks <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jimtrinca.bsky.social\/post\/3mg3sebwgt22l\">thanks to Jim Trinca<\/a> below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Unsurprisingly, The Pok\u00e9mon Company isn't a fan of the White House's use of a Pokeopia meme for political means\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Jim's-take-on-the-Pokopia-meme.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.0\" width=\"1000\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Unsurprisingly, The Pok\u00e9mon Company isn't a fan of the White House's use of a Pokeopia meme for political means\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Jim's-take-on-the-Pokopia-meme.jpg\" height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.0\" width=\"1000\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Jim Trinca<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Trump administration has continued its trend of jumping on a video game meme bandwagon to promote its political agenda, and yesterday the official White House social media account shared one that riffs off Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia. In its own image, the White House replaced Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia with the words &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221;, captioning it &#8220;MAGA&#8221; with an American flag and lightning bold emoji.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, The Pok\u00e9mon Company issued a statement addressing the Trump administration&#8217;s use of the Pokopia-themed work, stressing it did not grant the White House permission to use its intellectual property for social content.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are aware of recent social content that includes imagery associated with our brand,&#8221; a company spokesperson told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/05\/arts\/pokemon-company-white-house-memes.html\">The New York Times<\/a>. &#8220;We were not involved in its creation or distribution, and no permission was granted for the use of our intellectual property.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our mission is to bring the world together, and that mission is not affiliated with any political viewpoint or agenda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"et\">MAGA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u26a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8QRVP23zGu\">pic.twitter.com\/8QRVP23zGu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2029566106650767581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia is not the only game to be given a distasteful White House treatment this month. Just a matter of days ago, footage from Call of Duty was used in a video released by the White House&#8217;s social media team, which showed a character calling in a Kill Streak before a montage of real-world military bombing appeared on the screen with &#8216;+100&#8217; point indicators.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Responding to this specific post, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/infinity-ward\">Infinity Ward<\/a> co-founder Chance Glasco said he wasn&#8217;t surprised to see it, and recalled that after Activision took over post-Respawn formation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-co-founder-claims-activision-put-very-awkward-pressure-on-infinity-ward-to-make-a-game-about-iran-invading-israel\">there &#8220;was a very awkward pressure&#8221; for the studio to make the next Call of Duty game about Iran attacking Israel<\/a>. 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