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RFE/RL: Trump campaign ad uses Ukraine photo in depicting street ‘chaos’

Published July 23, 2020 at 5:14 am

A political ad shared by the reelection campaign of U.S. President Donald J. Trump uses a photo from Ukrainian photographer Mstyslav Chernov to illustrate "violence & chaos." But the image was taken in Kyiv during Ukraine's 2013-2014 EuroMaidan Revolution and is not from the protests against racism that have swept the U.S. since May. Trump has repeatedly criticized the protesters.

A campaign ad for U.S. President Donald Trump that aims to promote him as a guarantor of public safety features a photo of pro-democracy protesters in Ukraine battling with police during the 2014 revolution.
The ad, which appeared on the president’s official Facebook page, consists of two images: one showing Trump standing alongside law enforcement officials on the left side and citizens in helmets fighting with police on the other side.