The White House has finally ended its experiment with an interactive "Build the Wall" arcade game, which was launched just a few months ago. The project was sparked by President Trump's repeated calls for a physical barrier on the US-Mexico border, and it allowed visitors to test their building skills against a digital representation of the wall.
However, after the Tetris Company, a game developer, posted that they take "copyright infringement very seriously," the White House quietly shut down the project. The company's director of business development told the New York Times that the administration was "not interested in pursuing" any further use of the game, and that they simply didn't think it would be feasible to get the necessary permissions.
The shutdown has been seen as a rare example of restraint from the Trump administration, which has shown a willingness to take bold action on issues ranging from immigration to social media regulation. While the White House may have been seeking to drive home its message about border security, the abrupt end to "Build the Wall" suggests that it was more interested in avoiding controversy than actually pursuing its goals.