Trump White House's Attempt To Use A Pokémon Meme Backfires Spectacularly

The meme was quickly turned against the administration.

President Donald Trump’s White House social media team tried to capitalise on a popular new Pokémon meme.

Tweeting from the official account on X, the White House social media team used a meme generator to place Trump’s MAGA slogan into a scene from the new “Pokémon Pokopia” game:

MAGA 🇺🇸⚡️ pic.twitter.com/8QRVP23zGu— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 5, 2026

MAGA 🇺🇸⚡️ pic.twitter.com/8QRVP23zGu

Fans weren’t thrilled.

And neither was The Pokémon Company, which released a statement distancing itself from the memes – although it didn’t mention the Trump administration by name.

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