In a video that has gone viral, former President Donald J. Trump contrasted the “woke” joke that the military has become under the Biden-Harris regime with clips from the classic war film “Full Metal Jacket.” The video is guaranteed to trigger leftists and has drawn an enthusiastic reaction from audiences.
WE WILL NOT HAVE A WOKE MILITARY! pic.twitter.com/zpWZhSKcEs
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 13, 2024
The video features Marine boot camp sequences from the film, which starred the late R. Lee Ermey, a real-life USMC drill instructor. These scenes are juxtaposed with top Biden health official Richard Levine’s “Happy Pride Month” salutation, along with clips of drag queens – one of them from a US Navy recruitment campaign.
At a Wednesday rally on President Joe Biden’s home turf in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the GOP nominee introduced the two-minute video, which proved to be a real crowd pleaser. “I had this little clip and I thought you’d find it very interesting,” Trump said. “It’s the military of the past, let’s call it the Trump military, compared to the very woke military that we have now. I think you’ll get a kick out of it.”
Gay advocates have decried the video as “bizarre,” and claim it “targets LGBTQ+ veterans,” but Vivian Kubrick, the daughter of Full Metal Jacket director Stanley Kubrick, came out over the weekend to show her support for the Trump campaign’s use of the video, and posted her comments on X.
TO THOSE WHO THINK MY FATHER WOULDN’T HAVE WANTED #TRUMP TO USE FMJ FOOTAGE
Here are my thoughts: I agree in principle that an anti-war movie is incongruous with promoting the idea of a tough non-woke US military and thus war itself – however – these are very dangerous and strange times and thus using this footage is doubtless pure expedience.
Because I’m sure the irony of using FMJ footage is not lost on Trump or his team – Trump is always seeking to end wars and use peaceful methods. However, that’s primarily what FMJ is about, the shocking and complicated paradoxes of human nature.
And thus, on this tooth and claw planet, you need a very strong military – so I’m going to stick with the idea that FMJ footage was used primarily because of its powerful, realistic portrayal of boot camp, juxtaposed with the entirely demoralizing and inappropriate injection of WOKE ideology into the USA military. Which I agree with myself and which I’m certain my father would have agreed with.
Truthfully, I believe my father (who supported Reagan), would very much approve of saving America, indeed the world, from the highly destructive Globalist forces threatening to take over this planet. And if that footage from FMJ helps Trump make the point that the US military needs properly trained, super tough, focused, dedicated warriors, and not introduce the demoralizing effects of woke-ism, and attracting people to join up simply to have their sexual reassignments paid for, then Trump has my blessing.
Finally, knowing my father very well, I can assure you he had a profound grasp of how paradoxical human nature is! Which accounts for how at the same time he made anti-war films, he had a great passion for guns (self-defense not hunting) and he had quite a few!
My father had a great respect for life – his movies being unimpeachable evidence of his love for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness! So on that basis, I feel very confident he would be a Trump supporter and would forgive using FMJ incongruously, if it helps the cause of freedom!
Capisce?
At the end of the post, she tagged Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Tulsi Gabbard, General Michael Flynn, Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The video has drawn enthusiastic reactions from rally audiences, as well as from X users who have shared it on their own accounts. It’s been viewed over twenty-five million times, while left wing activists masquerading as news outlets had the usual epic meltdowns over the inclusion of “woke” elements being mocked. The contrast between the military’s past and its current state is sure to spark debate, but there’s no denying that the video has struck a chord with many viewers and no patriotic American wants a “woke” military.
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