Trump election ad uses stock military image 'featuring Russian fighter jets'

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Guardian


The fundraising ad uses an image featuring Russian MiG-29s and at least one soldier with an AK-74, experts say

Helen Sullivan

@helenrsullivan
Tue 15 Sep 2020 00.25 EDT Last modified on Tue 15 Sep 2020 04.08 EDT

A fundraising ad for US president Donald Trump’s re-election campaign reportedly used a stock photo featuring Russian fighter jets and weapons as part of a call for viewers to “support our troops”.

The ad, which has since been removed, was made by the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, which is run by the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Trump campaign. The stock image shows five soldiers in silhouette against a sunset as the three planes fly overhead.

Pierre Sprey, who helped design US Air Force planes, told Politico the jet featured in the ad is “definitely a MiG-29”, as did the director of the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies in Moscow, Ruslan Pukhov.

Link to tweet

“I’m glad to see it’s supporting our troops,” said Sprey. Pukhov pointed out that at least one of the soldiers in the image was also carrying Russian-made AK-74 assault rifle.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/15/trump-election-ad-uses-stock-military-image-featuring-russian-fighter-jets

[Roy Rolling]

1. I made this...

Dumbass Trump friends of mine need a picture.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Outstanding! Congrats! Hope it will be seen by many. Well done. 👀👀👀👀👀

[Yeehah]

8. Should be AK-74s

Not AK-47s.

[Ramsey Barner]

9. You're right.

[ffr]

12. You might also want to add Russian to the other two labels too

Since a lot of people will not know that a Mig is made in Russia by Mikoyan (Микоя́н и Гуре́вич ), formerly Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau.



For good measure, you can add a red start between the soldiers feet and the words below it, so it's accurate.

[Alacritous Crier]

2. I don't think the word apropos was ever more apropos.

[tiptonic]

3. I think

I think trump, knows something we don't know. No wonder he has the stupid smirk, on his face. Still waiting on my Russian language, cd to be delivered. Just kidding.

[DENVERPOPS]

6. I'm with you tiptonic

maybe it wasn't a mistake after all, but a harbinger of things to come??????

I'm sure Putin is loving it!!!!!!!!!!!!

WASF

[Locrian]

5. with trump so far up putins ass - I don't think it's a "mistake" - n/t

[NoMoreRepugs]

7. Perhaps Russian Psyops are involved?? Nothing is impossible

in tRUMPworld.

[kacekwl]

10. That's what happens when your campaign

is run by Russia. I'm not kidding here. The evidence is overwhelming but let's give drumph more free air time for a fraud of a town hall. When will it be enough to call for his resignation daily ?

[MineralMan]

11. This is what happens when you hire stupid people with

little experience to create your advertising and pay them poorly. They don't know the difference, and don't take any time doing fact-checking. It's symptomatic of the entire Trump administration.

[jayfish]

13. Remember, These Are The Same Fucks...

who will excoriate a person for making a mistake when describing a firearm. Like saying a firearm is automatic when it's actually semi-automatic.