Secret Handshake, an activist art collective, installed three arcade consoles at Washington’s World War I Memorial and a fourth in Nuuk to debut "Operation Epic Furious: Nuuk 'Em All." The satirical game casts players as the 80‑year‑old president plotting an Arctic takeover, consulting advisers at Mar‑a‑Lago and confronting tongue‑in‑cheek foes. The installation followed a U.S.‑Denmark‑Greenland security agreement that expands U.S. military access while preserving Danish sovereignty. The group has a record of provocative anti‑Trump works and has been publicly criticized by the White House.
Satirical Arcade Game Installed In DC And Nuuk Mocks Trump’s Greenland Ambitions
Anti-Trump crusaders put up new video game display in DC to mock president’s Greenland hopes
An activist art collective known for anti‑Trump interventions has unveiled a new installation: an arcade‑style video game that lampoons the president’s repeated interest in acquiring Greenland.
The elusive group Secret Handshake installed three large game consoles this week at Washington’s World War I Memorial and placed a fourth unit in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. The project, titled "Operation Epic Furious: Nuuk 'Em All," is also playable online.
An anti-Trump group has installed an arcade game dubbed 'Operation Epic Furious: NUUK 'EM ALL' at the DC War Memorial (Secret Handshake)
What The Game Does
According to a news release, the game “turns all of Trump’s latest Greenland ambitions into an unhinged Arctic adventure.” Players take on the role of an 80‑year‑old president who heads north after deciding “Iran is going great (spoiler — it’s not),” consults advisers at Mar‑a‑Lago and confronts satirical foes such as “Fully Vaccinated Children,” “Woke Yetis” and “the happiest people on Earth, the Danish.” The release adds that a recurring challenge is keeping the president from falling back asleep.
"In this game, Iran is going great (spoiler - it's not), so Trump heads north to check on his new frozen frontier," the group said in its release.
Context And Reaction
Secret Handshake said it produced the digital quest shortly after the White House launched its own online games section, which included a Tetris‑style title in which users build a wall along the southern border. The arcade debut came roughly a week after the United States, Denmark and Greenland signed an agreement permitting expanded U.S. military access to Greenland while maintaining Danish sovereignty.
The game was installed after the US, Greenland and Denmark signed a security deal, allowing the US to establish more military bases on the Arctic island (Secret Handshake)
Since returning to office, President Trump has periodically expressed interest in bringing Greenland under U.S. control and at times suggested forceful measures — proposals that have alarmed many Greenlanders and European partners. Polls show few Americans support a U.S. takeover of the island, which is home to about 56,000 people.
About The Collective
Secret Handshake describes itself as a small group of citizens using humor to shape political discourse. The collective has staged multiple anti‑Trump installations, including a May series of arcade consoles mocking Trump’s Iran policy titled "Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell". It previously claimed responsibility for a gilded monument depicting Trump alongside the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a pose echoing the film Titanic, and for another statue showing the two men holding hands.
A fourth console was installed in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, the group said (Secret Handshake)
The White House has publicly disparaged the group in the past, calling them “untalented 'artists'” and saying they should “stick to their ugly 'art' and refrain from weighing in on foreign policy.”
The Independent has contacted the White House for comment.
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