Trump eclipse and top 5 strange political advertisements in the USA

On April 8, Americans observed a total solar eclipse. Donald Trump's campaign was not at a loss and used this event to make a campaign video for their candidate. The video turned out to be somewhat ambiguous and ominous. ForumDaily talks about this and other strange political advertisements.

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On April 9, Donald Trump published an unusual campaign video on his Truth Social platform against the backdrop of a solar eclipse.

The gist of it is that Donald Trump's head is blocking the sun.

“The most important moment in human history will occur in 2024,” the caption reads.

The recording shows a mass of people watching the celestial phenomenon wearing protective glasses. However, the video takes an unusual turn when the Sun, instead of the Moon, slowly obscures the massive silhouette of Donald Trump's head with his signature hairstyle and eyebrows - as the crowd cheers with joy. Read about how the solar eclipse in April galvanized supporters of the flat Earth theory in our article.

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“We will save America and make it great again,” read the text overlaid on the footage, followed by the phrase “Trump 2024.”

We found the idea of ​​an ad with Trump blocking the sun questionable and inspired a selection of other controversial political ads in the US. Enjoy!

Videorep

This is a weird political ad for Republican candidate Linda Paulson. The video was published in 2022.

In the video, Paulson raps about family values, the Constitution and the Second Amendment. The GOP Senate candidate in Utah's 12th District sang about being "pro-life, pro-police and pro-free speech."

“Government programs must lead to self-sufficiency and support the traditional family as the fundamental unit of society. But schools are promoting new beliefs. Just to clarify: I know what a woman is,” she reads in the video, pointing to herself.

Texas showdown

Arizona Senate candidate Jim Laymon's 2022 campaign released an ad depicting an armed "showdown" with Democratic Party leaders.

The 30-second ad features actors portraying then-sitting Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, US President Joe Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

“The good people of Arizona are tired of you. It's time for the showdown,” says Laymon, who plays himself in the ad.

The Democratic Party figures then pull out guns and Laymon shoots them. Democrats are running for their lives.

The ad immediately caused a negative reaction on the Internet. Kelly's wife Gabrielle Giffords, a former member of the House of Representatives (D-Ariz.), was wounded in an assassination attempt in 2011. As a result, Giffords suffered a severe traumatic brain injury and has since become one of the most prominent gun control activists in the country. Therefore, the video was, to put it mildly, inappropriate.

Alligator fighting

In 2014, Senate candidate Rob Maness released a strange ad. In the video, he wanted to show that confronting big spenders in Washington is no different from fighting alligators.

In his campaign's first television ad in Louisiana, Maness confronts, but also identifies with, a reptile. The video contains images of alligators: they are hiding in swamps, showing their teeth and snapping their jaws.

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“Here in Louisiana, you learn to be tough,” Maness, a retired Air Force colonel, said in the video. “One minute of weakness and alligators will eat you alive.”

“Louisiana needs a senator who can stand up to career politicians,” Maness said in the video, “and to alligators.”

A look into the soul

This is probably the weirdest commercial we've googled. Democrat Mike Gravel stares at the camera silently for a full minute, then turns around, throws a rock into the river and walks away.

He doesn't say a word throughout the entire video. The unusual advertisement gave rise to dozens of insinuations regarding the true meaning of this silent spectacle. According to Gravel himself, he also did not understand its meaning, but throwing a stone into the water “was a metaphor that caused ripples - changes in society.”

Trojan Biden

This poorly photoshopped 2020 ad references the Brad Pitt movie Troy.

The ad was intended to entertain Trump's base. Biden, in the image of a ridiculous Trojan horse, is the main character of the video.

Other Democratic politicians who climbed out of the wooden horse Biden at night also took part in the absurd video.

Some weird stuff from Canada

We planned to include only videos from American politicians in the selection, but this creative from Canada captivated the entire editorial team—we couldn’t help but include it here. A politician named Wyatt Scott used an advert called "I'm Running for Parliament!" a giant goose, a dragon and an alien.

The ad is a mix of Game of Thrones, absurdity and comedy in the style of Terry Gilliam.

In the video, Scott flies on the back of a giant Canada goose. He then pulls out a long sword out of nowhere and kills the dragon on the ground.

The absurdity doesn't end there. Scott saves a man in a woman's dress, greets the alien, and almost instantly grows a beard. And the sci-fi ending of the video is worthy of all praise - be sure to watch to the end!

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