The death toll is mounting. On 28 February at least 168 people, most of them schoolgirls, were killed in an air strike at Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ primary school in Minab, Iran. Donald Trump and his administration blamed Iran. “We think it was done by Iran, because they’re very inaccurate with their munitions,” Trump said on 1 March.

US intelligence sources are now quietly confirming that they were likely killed in a US missile strike. Such a tragic episode would force most White House teams to do some soul-searching. Yet overnight the official site put out its latest meme video, demonstrating once again the puerile, callous attitude of the administration to this conflict.

The Iranians are portrayed as angry cartoon bowling pins, marching across a desert brandishing Kalashnikovs and a placard insisting “We won’t stop making nuclear weapons!”. Intercut with this is footage of Pete Weber, an American bowling hero and meme figure himself, skittling them. 

Backed by a pumping remix of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird”, a cartoon US bomber shoots up and “Strike” bursts out in full colour on the screen, just like in the Batman TV shows of the 1960s. Then we cut to real footage of bomb strikes from the past few days. 

Just in case you couldn’t believe what you were seeing, the final slate signs off: “THE WHITE HOUSE President Donald J. Trump”.

STRIKE. 💥🦅 pic.twitter.com/XMzNNtlT63— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 12, 2026

STRIKE. 💥🦅 pic.twitter.com/XMzNNtlT63

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