Just minutes after Donald Trump came under fire for retweeting a white nationalist on Friday, another Twitter user pointed out that the Republican presidential front-runner’s latest campaign ad features images of Soviet soldiers.
Interesting choice for a photo of veterans in this @realDonaldTrump video: https://t.co/NdxdwpvMDD pic.twitter.com/PiagKGTP8H
— Josh Perry | 304 Days Until Christmas ??? (@MrJoshPerry) January 22, 2016
The images were included in a 40-second video posted to Trump’s Facebook page Friday and accompanied by the following caption: “Our veterans are being treated worse than illegal immigrants. If Trump becomes president, that will end immediately. Our veterans will be proud and respected again. #MakeAmericaGreatAgain.”
Several of the medals worn by the veterans depicted in the video are engraved with a hammer and sickle and “CCCP,” a Russian abbreviation for the Soviet Union. The hammer and sickle is an iconic symbol for communism.
“These are our greatest people,” Trump says in the video. “We will take care of them like never before.”
A spokeswoman for Trump’s campaign did not return the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
