Ben Stilleris speaking out against the White House for using a clip from the actor and director's 2009 war comedyTropic Thunderin a social media post.
AThursday postfrom the official White House X account featured a bevy of scenes from films and television series, includingTop Gun,Braveheart,Iron Man,Breaking Badas well asTropic Thunder,along with the caption "JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. 🇺🇸🔥." The specific clip fromTropic Thunderused in the video is ofTom Cruise's character Les Grossman dancing.
On Friday, Stillerretweetedthe White House post and made clear he did not approve ofTropic Thunder, which he directed and starred in, being used.
"Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip. We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie," Stiller wrote.
This recent White House video, which includes several clips of warfare with the text "Unclassified" above, comes less than a week after the United States and Israel coordinated strikes on Iran.Reps for Stiller, Cruise, and the White House did not immediately respond when contacted byEntertainment Weeklyfor comment.
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The Trump administration's social media presence has been called out before by celebrities for using their likeness or content without permission.Sabrina Carpenterblasted the administration for using her song "Juno" in a montage of clips showing ICE raids, to whichan official representative responded, "Here's a Short n' Sweet message for Carpenter: we won't apologize for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country."
Kenny Logginsrecently demanded the removal of the unauthorized use of his song "Danger Zone" in President Donald Trump's AI-generated video dumping what appears to be poop on protestors. The official response back toEntertainment Weeklywas aTop Gunmeme.
Kesha also joined the list of musicians speaking out against the Trump administration for using their music, specifically her song "Blow" being used in aTikTok postin February. On March 2, the singer wrote on Instagram, "It's come to my attention that The White House has used one of my songs on TikTok to incite violence and threaten war."
The singer added, "Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane." Her song has since been removed from the White House's TikTok post.
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