With its finger squarely on the zombified pulse of 2021’s cultural zeitgeist, the Trump administration has inexplicably decided to promote the current White House’s MAGA agenda with a promo video parodying AMC Theatres’ near-five-year-old Nicole Kidman ad. On Monday (August 3), the White House released the promotional video on social media alongside the caption, “Silence your cell phones. Why the White House decided to reference what is essentially a half-decade-old meme on a random Monday in 2026 is as intangible as Kidman’s ethereal aura in the original ad. A year later, Jimmy Kimmel referenced the AMC ad at the 95th Academy Awards. The viral ad was even spoofed during the final season of The Boys, with Firecracker acting as Kidman in a commercial to promote Vought’s VMC Theatres.