Daughter defends Trump’s ‘Full Metal Jacket’ ad

Upon seeing Trump’s new ad, many said the former president had misused the clips Full metal jacket. Because the film addresses abuse in the military, it is often considered anti-war.

“You’ve never actually seen ‘Full Metal Jacket,’ have you,” an X user responded to Trump’s ad.

“It’s better if you watch the movie and try to understand it,” replied another X user.

But Vivian Kubrick, the famous director’s daughter, said she thinks the ad works. She said that while “an anti-war film is inconsistent with promoting the idea of ​​a tough, unawakened American military and therefore the war itself,” Trump likely used excerpts from Full metal jacket because it is ‘powerful’.

“I’m sure the irony of using FMJ footage is not lost on Trump and his team – Trump always tries to end wars and use peaceful methods,” Vivian Kubrick tweeted. “FMJ footage was used primarily for its powerful, realistic portrayal of boot camp, juxtaposed with the completely demoralizing and inappropriate injection of WOKE ideology into the US military.”

Additionally, she said her father would have been a Trump supporter and that he would have forgiven Trump for “incongruously using FMJ if it would further the cause of freedom.”

While some were surprised that Vivian Kubrick was a Trump supporter, she regularly appears on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars show, pushes an anti-vax agenda, and believes that Bill Gates is, among other things, “A EUGENICIST WHO IS A PSYCHOPATH LOVE THAT KEEPS GENOCIDE.”

Her X-bio also includes Trump’s campaign slogan “Make America Great Again.”

“BARACK: YOU ARE A TRAITOR AND A SHAMELESS TRAITORY LIAR AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN SO,” Vivian Kubrick tweeted about former President Barack Obama campaigning for Harris this weekend. “You are telling Americans to vote for the most useless, corrupt and disgusting presidential candidate in American history.”

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