Trump's campaign advertisement illustrated 'chaos and violence' with a snapshot of the Ukrainian Maidan

On the official Facebook page of US President Donald Trump, a collage appeared in his support using photographs of clashes between Ukrainian demonstrators and police on the Kiev Maidan in 2014. The collage was created by the group “Evangelical Christians for Donald Trump,” writes Air force.

Photo: Shutterstock

Facebook told the BBC that it will not take any action on the ad and declined to comment further. The BBC has also asked Trump's campaign staff for comment, but has not yet received a response.

The political ads were posted on Trump's official page. The description states that it was paid for by a legal entity called Donald Trump for President Inc. This is the official headquarters of Donald Trump, through his website anyone can make a donation to the presidential campaign of the current head of state.

The collage consists of two parts. On the left, Donald Trump is talking to people in uniform in a calm environment - the photo is captioned “public safety.” On the right, people are beating a police officer, and under the photo is the caption “chaos and violence.”

The original ad can be seen on the page Facebook Ads.

Photo: Facebook Ads screenshot

A hint of Black Lives Matter?

However, the photo on the right was not taken in the United States, but in Ukraine during the 2014 revolution. If you look closely, on the sleeve of a policeman you can see the then symbols of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, which are now disbanded.

A reverse image search confirms that the photo was taken in Ukraine in February 2014. The image was also used on the Wikipedia page about the 2014 events in Ukraine, and it is subject to a Creative Commons license, meaning it can be used for free.

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The author of the picture, photographer Mstislav Chernov, confirmed to the BBC that the picture was taken in 2014 in Kiev. He did not comment on the use of the photo in the Trump campaign.

According to Ukrinfrom, the photo was first noticed by ex-adviser to Hillary Clinton on international affairs Jesse Lehrich on Twitter.

“Trump’s new election ad, which warns of chaos and violence, depicts an attack on a police officer by protesters... Only this is a picture of the events in Kyiv in 2014, when Yanukovych’s thugs fought to end the democratic uprising,” writes the American expert.

Photo: twitter.com/JesseLehrich

President Trump has about 30 million Facebook friends. These ads were shown primarily to audiences over 55 in Florida and Texas.

President Donald Trump has consistently criticized the Black Lives Matter protesters who have occasionally come into violent confrontation with the police. In early June, when the protests were in full swing, Trump called the demonstrators criminals and called on state authorities to suppress the protests as hard as possible.

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