As a researcher of war propaganda, Roger Stahl has been busy fielding more than a dozen interview requests from the likes of the Washington Post, Bloomberg, Times of London, Le Monde, Financial Times, BBC World News, and PBS Newshour.  News outlets at home and around the world wonder what to make of the Trump administration’s video mash-ups of Hollywood one-liners, game clips, and missile strike footage in their messaging regarding the military action in Iran.  Links below.

“White House's use of internet memes to promote Iran war sparks criticism,” PBS Newshour. March 19, 2026. 

“Il superomismo di Pete Hegseth al tempo della guerra all’Iran” (Pete Hegseth’s Superman Complex in the Era of the War Against Iran), Barbadillo (Italy).  March 19, 2026.

“How the Trump White House tries to sell war and death as a game,” Financial Times. March 19, 2026. 

“Experter om USA:s krigsklipp: ‘Något man förväntar sig på Reddit’” (Experts on US war clips: "Something you'd expect on Reddit"), Resumé (Stockholm). March 17, 2026.

“Antiterrorchef avgår i protest mot Irankriget” (Counterterrorism chief resigns in protest against Iran war), Svenska Dagbladet. March 17, 2026.

“Expert: ‘Ett helt nytt sätt att hantera ett krig’” (Expert: “A completely new way to handle a war”), Svenska Dagbladet. March 16, 2026.

“War isn’t Hell for this White House – It’s a Meme,” Bloomberg. March 15, 2026.

“Iron Man, Lego et instincts primaires: pourquoi la Maison-Blanche et l’Iran se livrent une guerre des mèmes sur les réseaux sociaux” (Iron Man, Lego and “primitive instincts”: why the White House and Iran are waging a “meme war” on social media), Le Parisien. March 13, 2026. 

“En guerre contre l’Iran, le Pentagone tient les médias à distance” (At War with Iran, the Pentagon Keeps the Media at Bay), Le Devoir . March 13, 2026.

“Pentagon limits info, clashes with press over Iran,” AFP.  March 13, 2026.  Syndicated in multiple outlets.

White House memes in the Iran war.  BBC World News. March 13, 2026.

“How cowboys, action movies, and hypermasculinity can help us understand the war with Iran,” The Colin McEnroe Show on Connecticut Public Radio. March 12, 2026.

How is the White House using memes and pop culture to sell its war with Iran? ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Company). March 11, 2026.

“Frappes en Iran: la propagande en ligne de la Maison Blanche entretient la confusion entre réalité et divertissement (Strikes in Iran: White House online propaganda blurs the lines between reality and entertainment),” Le Monde. March 10, 2026.

“Pete Hegseth, the former soldier and TV host selling Trump’s war,” The Times (London). March 7, 2026.

“The White House is transforming the Iran strikes into a meme war,” The Washington Post. March 6, 2026.

“‘Cavalier and demeaning’: the Trump team’s hyper-aggressive war rhetoric,” Financial Times. Reprinted in The Irish Times. March 6, 2026. 

“The White House’s war messaging,” Financial Times. March 5, 2026.