Donald Trump and the Department of Homeland Security are reaching deep into HBO archives, and also lifting some of the Caped Crusader’s words to re-pitch themselves as America’s great defenders.

In videos posted over the past two days on the White House and DHS social media feeds, the media savvy administration use footage of Paul Giamatti from 2008’s John Adams miniseries and a pivotal monologue and a classic Nirvana tune from 2022’s The Batman .

As you can see below, the trippy “The last best hope of man on Earth” video has a pretty close-up of Giamatti in his Emmy winning role as the USA’s second POTUS. If precedent is any guide, it is doubtful that Team Trump sought permission for the footage. To that, the White House would not provide clarification on the matter when

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