{"id":18970,"date":"2026-07-27T16:24:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18970"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:24:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:24:39","slug":"white-house-posts-fever-dream-rick-and-morty-style-trump-video-after-creator-dan-harmons-potus-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18970","title":{"rendered":"White House Posts Fever-Dream Rick and Morty-Style Trump Video \u2013 After Creator Dan Harmon\u2019s POTUS Admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5745753\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5745753\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5745753\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-27-at-10-36-56-1200x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"680\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5745753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Screengrab via X)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Trump White House unleashed a bizarre animated video styled after the adult cartoon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tag\/rick-and-morty\/\"><em>Rick and Morty<\/em><\/a>, a day after one of the franchise\u2019s creators described how President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> helped, in part, to inspire his spin-off show&#8217;s eccentric fictional president.<\/p>\n<p>The video, shared by the White House on social media, depicts Trump and Vice President <strong>JD Vance<\/strong> piloting a flying saucer while fleeing a winged demon through space.<\/p>\n<p>It also features Senate Minority Leader <strong>Chuck Schumer<\/strong> removing his face to reveal a robot underneath, border czar <strong>Tom Homan<\/strong> dressed as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent (CBP) arresting actual aliens, floating MAGA hats and references to the president\u2019s favorite drink, Diet Coke.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"abde5eee20dc4df7dec4fcaf4f24c234\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hop in&#8230; best dimension yet. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7dRJnUVANc\">pic.twitter.com\/7dRJnUVANc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2081553785302716662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The clip was quickly bashed online by MAGA detractor <strong>Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/strong> and liberal commentator <strong>Harry Sisson<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"9e05f9bfe275f83de6df8c9e35770bca\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People can\u2019t afford gas, groceries, rent, and healthcare and this is the weird embarrassing crap the official White House account is putting out. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qYMK3c0E0b\">https:\/\/t.co\/qYMK3c0E0b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marjorie Taylor Greene <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f1fa-1f1f8.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> (@mtgreenee) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mtgreenee\/status\/2081609859481620563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"00b5ac16bab8329e4b022ea64116e924\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">wtf\u2026 we just want health care and not whatever the hell this is <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ENih43FFzE\">https:\/\/t.co\/ENih43FFzE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/harryjsisson\/status\/2081646361728938215?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The White House post arrived the same day that the <em>Rick and Morty<\/em> creators expanded its universe with <em>President Curtis<\/em>, a new Adult Swim spin-off centered on the show&#8217;s commander in chief.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/president-curtis-dan-harmon-trump-rick-and-morty-movie-1236656937\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, series co-creator <strong>Dan Harmon<\/strong> said real-life presidents inevitably influenced the writing of the character, including both Trump and former commander in chief <strong>Barack Obama<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conversations about Obama and Trump were inevitable,\u201d Harmon told <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> on Sunday. \u201cCurtis has a na\u00efvet\u00e9 that you could overlap with Trump, who is like, \u2018I\u2019m an outsider, and I consider this job simple, and I don\u2019t care about the bureaucracy of it.\u2019 On the Obama side, it\u2019s the charmer and the guy who gets organic joy in being liked \u2013 that whole rock star aspect of Obama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut mostly just more legendary aspects of presidents from the past, all Serpentor\u2019d into a test tube baby that then becomes our version of maybe <strong>Martin Sheen<\/strong> in <em>West Wing<\/em>, where it\u2019s our fantasy president, warts and all,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The spinoff premiered Sunday following the season nine finale of <em>Rick and Morty<\/em> and has already been renewed for a second season after its announcement at San Diego Comic-Con.<\/p>\n<p>Harmon and co-creator <strong>James Siciliano<\/strong> said they deliberately limited appearances by Rick and Morty in the first season to allow the new series to establish its own identity before exploring larger crossovers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the show has a life of its own, then we can go <strong>Dick Wolf<\/strong> nuts with the crossovers,\u201d Harmon said, adding that the creative team hoped to \u201cearn that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/white-house-posts-fever-dream-rick-and-morty-style-trump-video-after-creator-dan-harmons-potus-admission\/\">White House Posts Fever-Dream Rick and Morty-Style Trump Video \u2013 After Creator Dan Harmon\u2019s POTUS Admission<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Screengrab via X) The Trump White House unleashed a bizarre animated video styled after the adult cartoon Rick and Morty, a day after one of the franchise\u2019s creators described how President Donald Trump helped, in part, to inspire his spin-off show&#8217;s eccentric fictional president. 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