A fundraising ad for US President Donald Trump's re-election campaign allegedly used stock photos of Russian fighter jets and weapons, calling on viewers to "help our troops".
The ad, which has since
been removed’ was created’ by the Trump Make America Great Again Committee,
which runs the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Trump campaign. The
stock image shows five soldiers in a salute opposite the sunset as three planes
fly overhead.
Perry Spree, who helped
design the US Air Force, told Politico that the jet in the ad was "definitely
a MiG-29", as Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Strategies and
Technologies in Moscow did.
"I am happy to see
that she is helping our troops," said Sperry.
Politico said Trump's
campaign did not respond to a request for comment, and the RNC declined to
comment.
The MiG-29 was designed’
by the Soviet Union to compete with American fighter jets in the 1970s.
He appeared in a
campaign advertisement at a time when, according to recent reports from
intelligence officials, the Russian government is interfering in the US
election by trying to weaken Democratic candidate Joe Biden in order to
increase Trump's chances of winning.
This month, Microsoft
warned that Russian hackers were targeting US political campaigns. On Sunday,
Robert Mueller, a former member of the probe into Russian interference in the
2016 US election, said Trump was "compromised by the Russians."
Mueller, a special
adviser appointed after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, did not establish
a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Moscow, but rejected
numerous allegations and safe sentences from Trump's close associates. ۔ He
also had extensive contacts with Moscow.
On September 9, Brian
Murphy, a former top intelligence official at the Department of Homeland
Security, accused Trump loyalists of manipulating intelligence reports in the
department, beginning in 2018, in order to prevent Russian election
interference. The risk can be’ reduced.
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