While it would be funny. Nintendo won't do it. They wanna be on friendly terms with orange boy so govco keeps helping them slap down ROM sites and prosecuting emulation enjoyers.

If Nintendo sued them, I'd actually be willing to buy a Switch2, just on principle.

Nintendo:

Oh I would be so happy if they manage to piss off Disney and Nintendo in the same week

The government is literally, and in an official capacity, posting edgy alt right teen discord videos. If I were 15 and a piece of shit again, I’d find this funny.

From a legal perspective, this is copyright infringement.

From a PR perspective, if Nintendo did nothing, they are siding with this type of use and with those who used it in such a fashion. This may be good or bad, depending on how Nintendo actually sides. If they did something about it, they may he making enemies with the court systems, but they may be making friends with them, depending on how the court system sides.

Basically, they have precedence to sue, but whether or not they do, and what the outcome would be, is anybody's guess. But if this goes live, I would appreciate a heads up, because popcorn takes a few minutes to prepare.

As The Verge points out in their article, Nintendo will most likely not to anything about it. But I sure would love to see them try.

The relevant part of the article:

Don’t hold your breath: The Pokémon Company’s former chief legal officer Don McGowan (who spent nearly 12 years there, as well as multi-year stints at Bungie and Microsoft) thinks there’s no way that his former company would sue.

”Even if I was still at the company I wouldn’t touch this, and I’m the most trigger-happy CLO [Chief Legal Officer] I’ve ever met. This will blow over in a couple of days and they’ll be happy to let it,” he told IGN.

Why? One reason is that like some other executives Trump has previously and corruptly leveraged, some of The Pokémon Company’s leaders personally depend on the US’s good graces: “Many of their execs in the USA are on green cards,” he said. Another reason, he says, is that The Pokémon Company doesn’t want the press.

Nintendo only targets weak prey, like customers, fans, and smaller competitors. I would be shocked if they even issued a statement, let alone action.

.gov sites have lost the sense of taste

I'm outraged that Nintendo has a contract with ICE to produce pokeballs for catching suspected illegal immigrants.

Nintendo has a chance to be the best, like no one ever was...

I hate to break this to you, but Nintendo aren't your friends and will happily lick ICE's boots clean.

EDIT: I will happily admit I was wrong about this. Good for you Nintendo.

Nintendo should do to Kristi Noem what they (ALLEGEDLY) did to Gunpei Yokoi.

The video in question for those who haven't seen it yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VI5tZoBZ0s

Trump prob wants to take over FED bcs getting sued by Nintendo whilst not in possession of a money-printer is not recommended.

Lol I can't believe this is real

Unless that slogan is trademarked (and even then)... dunno... ask Legal Eagle.

They have the ability but they won't because they spent the past 6 months bootlicking the current government over Trump's insane tariff nuke policies, just like every other company has.

Kia literally just got raided by ICE and they announced they were continuing to invest in the US not even a week later.

Most they'd be willing to do would be to ask Japan's ambassador local liaison to ask DHS to remove the video, which the ambassador liason or foreign diplomat himself may even refuse to do under fear of retaliation or breakdown in ongoing negotiations.

Nintendo will sacrifice its brand image all day if it means staying in the US market and not becoming the target of Trump's next company assassination in some convoluted political stunt.