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Politico | Trump ad asks people to support US troops. But it uses a picture of Russian jets
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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Daniel Lippman and Bryan Bender on politico.com on September 14, 2020.
A digital ad released by a fundraising arm of the Trump campaign on September 11 calling on people to “support our troops” uses a stock photo of Russian-made fighter jets and weapons.
The ad, which was made by the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, features silhouettes of three soldiers walking as a fighter jet flies over them. The ad first appeared on September 8 and ran until September 12.
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“That’s definitely a MiG-29,” said Pierre Sprey, who helped design both the F-16 and A-10 planes for the US Air Force. “I’m glad to see it’s supporting our troops.”
Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies in Moscow, confirmed that the planes are Russian MiG-29s, and also said the soldier on the far right in the ad carries an AK-74 assault rifle.
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