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Trump Ends The Console Wars (At Least In A Meme)
Benzinga Tech Trends
October 28, 2025
If you thought 2025 couldn’t get any weirder, the White House just dropped an AI-generated image of President Donald Trump dressed as Halo’s Master Chief.
Yes — the same Master Chief from Xbox’s iconic sci-fi shooter.
The post followed GameStop’s tongue-in-cheek declaration that the console wars are officially over after Microsoft announced Halo was finally coming to PlayStation.
The Meme Heard Around The Gaming World
Late Sunday, the official White House X account shared an image of Trump saluting the American flag while holding Halo’s legendary energy sword — complete with the caption: “Power to the Players.”
That slogan, of course, belongs to GameStop, which earlier issued a mock ceasefire press release declaring the end of the decades-long rivalry between Xbox and PlayStation.
What followed was a social media chain reaction that blurred the lines between gaming culture and political theater.
Microsoft announced that Halo: Combat Evolved would be remade and released for PlayStation 5 in 2026 — a historic first for the franchise.
GameStop jumped in with a playful statement proclaiming “the console war is over.”
The official government “Rapid Response 47” account then retweeted it, joking that this marked the ninth war Trump had ended.
Hours later, the White House itself joined the fray with the viral Trump-as-Master-Chief image. GameStop responded in kind, sharing another meme that placed Trump inside Master Chief’s helmet, with Vice President JD Vance humorously edited in as Cortana.
Source: Giphy
From Commander-in-Chief To Master Chief
Since returning to the White House, Trump’s communications staff has used humor, trolling and viral internet trends to shape narratives and dominate online attention.
The “Rapid Response 47” account in particular has become a hub for politically charged memes and quick reactions to breaking news.
Microsoft and 343 Industries, meanwhile, have kept silent about the meme frenzy, choosing instead to focus on the gaming milestone itself.
For longtime fans, the decision to bring Halo to PlayStation marks a symbolic end to the console exclusivity era and reflects Microsoft’s strategy to expand its gaming ecosystem across platforms amid slowing Xbox hardware sales.
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