Ever since the New York Times finally decided to get with the times and start putting digital games on their website, they’ve gathered quite the collection of activities. Their list of brain-games notably contains Wordle, a game they purchased and then single handedly tanked. Last Monday, however, digital subscribers to the famous newspaper saw a new game added to its repertoire. The game's title? Two Trumps And A Lie.

This politically charged game tests your knowledge on the chaotic political scene of the U.S., A scene that has remained unchanged since Donald Trump's second inauguration as President of the United States.

The game is based on the popular icebreaker game, Two Truths And A Lie, in everything including name. Players see three headlines involving the incumbent president’s activities; Two of them are real, true things he has either said or done throughout his first month in office, while the last one is a satirical headline. The player’s job is to guess which headline is fake.

The original posting of the game on the New York Times website was immediately met with varied responses from all circles. Most critics on the left praised the Times for their brave approach in tackling the more controversial sides of the first month of Trump’s second term, with one critic from the Los Angeles Times stating:

“It is a game that wishes to fully point a finger at Trump’s controversy and advocate for resistance of his policies when Congress doesn’t. And it’s a hell of a lot better than Wordle, that’s for sure.”

However, a huge portion of the right has bashed the Times for being too politically charged and biased in a time where misinformation runs rampant. Unsurprisingly, the leader of this criticism is none other than the President himself, who proclaimed in a press conference yesterday that “[The Game] is an absolute disgrace to fair journalism in this country, and it’s especially harsh toward me.”

In the week following the official publication of Two Trumps And A Lie, results from the playerbase’s past games have been compiled, and they are certainly telling. Only 17% of players guessed correctly. Let it be known that some of the satirical articles in the game included: “President Trump nominates Nikocado Avocado as head of FDA”, “President Trump announces 50% tariffs on anime imported from Japan”, and “President Trump sneezes, blames it on Joe Biden”. For now, as people argue whether games like this are socially reprehensible, we can at least see a glimpse of what is to come of America. And all collectively pour good ol’ bleach in our eyes.