The United States attacks Iran to the rhythm of the Macarena

BarcelonaIt has long been clear that the Trump administration has no moral red lines. Some other president might have hesitated before giving the green light to use soundtracks to accompany official videos, even when they depict bombings that cause fatalities. In true Trump style. Apocalypse Now, as American attack helicopters prepare to attack Viet Cong positions while the Ride of the Valkyries Wagner, on the White House TikTok you can find montages as surprising as the one posted this Tuesday: to the rhythm of the Macarena —the popular song by Los del Río— fighter jets bomb Iranian positions as part of Operation Epic Fury.

In the context of mutual criticism with the Spanish governmentWith the threat of trade sanctions from the President of the United States, the election of the Macarena It carries symbolic weight. In fact, the official US government TikTok account even features a second video of the attacks with a slower version of the same song.

But this is by no means the first controversy sparked by the Trump administration's social media posts. For example, to promote the policy of deporting immigrants, the White House TikTok account used the soundtrack from the film Polar Expressjoking about the need to have a ticket in order to travel.

Or just days after the attack on Venezuela to capture Nicolás Maduro, the United States celebrated the drop in fuel prices by sounding Gasoline by Daddy Yankee.

The war continues and, probably, the community manager Trump already has in mind the list of songs that will accompany future military operations.