Trump 2020 Campaign Ad Just Released
(Oops: Those
are Russian MiG-29's)
This story comes from
Politico with this headline:
“Trump 2020 Ad asks people to support the troops. But it uses a picture of
Russian jets (MiG-29’s)”
The Trump MAGA Committee is run by both the RNC and
the Trump 2020 campaign.
The full story follows in total:
A digital Ad released by a
fundraising arm of the Trump campaign and all days – September 11. It calls on
people to “support our troops” but uses a stock photo of Russian-made fighter
jets which features silhouettes of soldiers walking as fighter jets fly overhead.
The Ad first appeared on September 8 and ran until September 12.
Pierre Sprey, who helped
design both the F-16 and A-10 planes for the U.S. Air Force said: “That’s
definitely MiG-29’s. I’m glad to see it’s supporting our troops.”
He then noted
the angle of the aircraft’s tail, the way the tail is swept far back, and the
spacing of the engines, along with the tunnel between them showed their precise
type.
Ruslan Pukhov, director of
the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies in Moscow, confirmed
that the planes are Russian MiG-29’s, and also said the soldier on the far
right in the Ad carries an AK-74 assault rifle (revised version of the AK-47).
The Trump MAGA Committee is run by both the RNC and the Trump 2020 campaign. Most of the low-dollar and digital donations raised by the committee goes to the campaign. The creator of the image, posted on Shutterstock. They did not respond to a Facebook message.
The Trump MAGA Committee is run by both the RNC and the Trump 2020 campaign. Most of the low-dollar and digital donations raised by the committee goes to the campaign. The creator of the image, posted on Shutterstock. They did not respond to a Facebook message.
The MiG-29, a twin-engine
fighter jet designed in the old USSR and it first flew in 1977 – it is Russia’s
mainstay fighter sold worldwide.
It was developed during the Cold War specifically to counter American F-15 and F-16s, and the U.S. even obtained a few to play the adversary in war games. They have recently been spotted at a Russian air base in Syria and Libya.
Russia also exported them to a number of
countries, including North Korea, Syria, India, and Uzbekistan. Iran also acquired 68 of the MiG-29s at the end of the Soviet
Union. In 1997, the U.S. even bought 21 “nuclear-capable” MiG-29 planes from Moldova
to keep them from getting in the hands of adversaries such as Iran.
The Trump campaign did not
respond to a request for comment and neither did the RNC.
My 2 cents: Nice to see our CINC, Donald J. Trump, who knows more than
the Generals, he once said, put out such a great patriotic Ad.
I’d have to say that Vlad Putin is tickled sh*tless for the free publicity, too.
I wonder how Trump Vet supporters feel about this massive faux pas –
any worse than a Joe Biden speech gaffe I wonder. I bet their PR machines are
in high gear whipping out excuses and blame… a DEM ploy right? Yeah, right.
This is a massive slap in the face of our Vets worldwide and just as
bad as his “losers and suckers” comment just week. The man is incorrigible.
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