Twitter has removed a video for US President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign featuring music from 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises after Warner Brothers complained of copyright infringements.

“The use of Warner Bros.’ score from The Dark Knight Rises in the campaign video was unauthorised,” a spokesperson said in a statement before the removal.

“We are working through the appropriate legal channels to have it removed.”

The video was removed within hours of its posting on Tuesday night, US time, and was replaced with a message that read: “This video has been removed in response to a report from the copyright owner.”

The two-minute video, which was viewed more than 2.3 million times before its removal, not only used Hans Zimmer’s dramatic Why Do We Fall? from the 2012 film, but also shared the same font used in the film for its captioning.

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The Oscar-winning German composer, who featured in Buggles’ film clip for Video Killed The Radio Star, is best known for his score work on films including Blade Runner 2049, Dunkirk, Interstellar, Rain Man, Gladiator, The Lion King, As Good As It Gets and The Last Samurai.

The video, which portrays Mr Trump’s rise to power and pivotal moments during his first term, includes his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the end of special counsel Robert Mueller investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

He also highlights Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and Hollywood personalities, such as Amy Schumer and Rosie O’Donnell, who have been critical of him.

“First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they call you a racist. Donald J. Trump. Your vote. Proved them all wrong. Trump: The Great Victory. 2020,” declared the video.

Buzzfeed claims much of the video footage was taken from Reddit.

A campaign official told The New York Times in a tweet that the video was not created by the campaign.

“We like to share content from diehard supporters, and this is just another example of how hard Trump supporters fight for us,” the official told the newspaper’s correspondent Annie Karni.

This is not the first time the President has been guilty of borrowing popular culture references.

His inauguration speech is said to have contained similarities from the speech made by villain Bane in Christopher Nolan’s Batman flick.

In November Mr Trump used a Game of Thrones-style poster bearing the words ‘Sanctions Are Coming’ – a play on the fantasy series’ “Winter Is Coming” catchphrase.

“We were not aware of this messaging and would prefer our trademark not be misappropriated for political purposes,” HBO said at the time, as well as tweeting “How do you say trademark misuse in Dothraki?” from its official Twitter account.

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Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler and Adele have also demanded Mr Trump stop using their songs at political rallies.

The 70-year-old rocker sent Mr Trump a cease-and-desist letter in 2017 and 2018 after the commander-in-chief played Aerosmith’s hit song Livin’ on the Edge at a rally in West Virginia.

“Mr Trump is creating the false impression that our client has given his consent for the use of his music, and even that he endorses the presidency of Mr Trump,” his letter read.

Not surprisingly satirists, including Romain Mollet (below), have since sprung into action to make light of the video by using royalty-free music.

Dear POTUS @realDonaldTrump,
I've heard you may have some legal troubles over the use of Hans Zimmer's 'The Dark Knight Rises' soundtrack in this video, so here's a new version entirely made with royalty-free music.

The links are all below this tweet. Don't thank me. pic.twitter.com/s200o7W4mi

— Romain M. 😶‍🌫️ (@RomainMollet) April 10, 2019