Trump campaign shocked those who saw it… He used images of Ukrainians saying he was from the US.
Former President Donald Trump, who began preparing for the US presidential elections, is this time on the agenda with his campaigns. In the campaign where Trump criticizes the Biden administration and says that the public is currently in poverty; Dramatic archival footage of a Ukrainian man taking refuge from bombing in his country was used to represent the Americans living in his parents’ basements.
The ad, released Wednesday, showed a man sitting in a dimly lit basement as voiceovers said young Americans can’t afford homes because of inflation. But it turns out that the person in the video is actually a Ukrainian man who took refuge in a basement in Zaporizhzhya after the country was occupied by Russia last year.
Videos featured in the ad titled ‘Mourning in America’; He also criticizes Biden’s border management for his withdrawal from Afghanistan and trans issues.
VIDEO CREATOR DISCLOSURE: “I CAN ONLY SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT TRUMP”
In advertising; “Under Biden’s unprecedented inflation, the hope of home ownership has faded. And young adults had to give up the American dream to live longer in their parents’ basement.”
The creator of the video, who did not want to be named so as not to damage his relationship with the stock image seller, told the New York Post: “I can only say bad things about Trump. But unfortunately anyone can buy our video… I can’t control it. I wouldn’t want him to use the video in his ad. But the rule is the rule, ”he said.
Yevhen Shkolenko, owner of the production company responsible for the basement footage, told the Post that the purpose of the video was to show a man dealing with the occupation of Ukraine, so it was not intended to portray an American who cannot afford his own home
“This video was 100 percent shot during the war in Ukraine in a protected basement near the front line,” Shkolenko said. We stayed in our city to help the people and the army and we continued to shoot. “While filming this, we went down to the basement many times to hide from the rockets.”
Shkolenko said she does not master US politics, but is grateful for the US military assistance Ukraine has received, continuing: “Among my friends in the US, there are those who support both Trump and Biden… I want to be nice.”
The video also mocks Biden for his mistakes and shows clips of Biden falling down the stairs and getting on his bike.