Former NFL participant Ryan Clark will not be a fan of the White Home utilizing his picture to advertise President Donald Trump‘s unpopular conflict in Iran.
Final week, the White Home’s official social media accounts posted a video that includes the U.S. missile strikes on Iranian targets alongside a montage of NFL gamers tackling one another. The video’s caption learn, “Landing.”
Clark, who was amongst these featured within the pro-war video, broke his silence when requested about it on his podcast “The Pivot.”
“I’m disenchanted the video was ever made…to have Tropic Thunder and soccer highlights on a video about conflict is without doubt one of the extra insensitive issues that I’ve ever seen,” stated Clark, who final performed for the Pittsburgh Steelers earlier than his retirement from the NFL in 2015. “There are households right here in our nation whose family members have determined to present their life to battle for our rights and our freedoms who don’t see conflict as a sport.”
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— The White Home (@WhiteHouse) March 6, 2026
Clark didn’t cease there. The previous soccer star known as out the Trump administration as “unserious,” even referencing Trump’s previous as a actuality TV star.
“For our regime to be as unserious, as unprofessional, as laughable, and as illegitimate as our management is true now could be embarrassing. And it tells you the distinction between a public servant and a actuality star, proper? As a result of the truth star wants everyone to know always, ‘Oh, take a look at me. Take a look at the eye I’m garnering. We’re doing this for me,’” stated Clark.
The podcast host then referenced former President Barack Obama, who in 2009 turned the primary sitting U.S. president to attend a dignified switch of fallen American service members, standing at salute for practically an hour as 18 caskets have been eliminated at Dover Air Pressure Base.
Clark stated of Obama, “The general public servant stands at consideration for 45 minutes in a salute as a result of he understands what these troopers who gave their lives have finished for our nation. And I feel we’ve misplaced 100% any credibility. We’ve misplaced all decorum.”
As a rustic, he stated, “We’ve misplaced all integrity” on account of the Trump administration’s actions.
“We’ve misplaced all character. And I consider that the newest White Home submit…involving myself and different NFL gamers is totally disgusting and despicable,” stated Clark. “I’d by no means have agreed to that. I don’t again this. And many people don’t consider it is a conflict we ought to be a component.”
Regardless of the outrage from these like Clark and “Tropic Thunder” actors Ben Stiller and Steve Downes, the White Home doubled down on its controversial movies.
“America’s heroic warfighters are assembly or surpassing all of their targets underneath Operation Epic Fury,” stated White Home spokeswoman Anna Kelly. “The legacy media needs us to apologize for highlighting the US Navy’s unimaginable success, however the White Home will proceed showcasing the various examples of Iran’s ballistic missiles, manufacturing services, and desires of proudly owning a nuclear weapon being destroyed in actual time.”
