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US President Donald Trump is recently experiencing criticism over his Russian link and other issues. Now, a new anti-Donald Trump ad by a Republican super PAC has hit out against him over reports he was briefed about Russia putting bounties on US troops in Afghanistan. The Lincoln Project’s latest ad entitled Fellow Traveler. It is filmed with a Russian voiceover and English subtitles. The ad says, “The most important endorsement Donald Trump received in 2016 was not from your Senate leader”. It was showing a picture of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The ad also said, “Not from your Congressman Paul Ryan, and not from any of your Republican senators, representatives, or governors”.

Point to be noted that the ad shows a series of pictures of prominent Republican politicians are shown across the screen amid the voiceover. It says, “No, Donald Trump’s received the most important endorsement in 2016 from our great leader, Vladimir Putin”. The ad was referencing Russian involvement and was then listed out in the ad, with it stating special services worked overtime to help manipulate voters, spread propaganda, and discredit Hillary Clinton as she ran against Trump. It said all of this, the ad stated, was to elect Comrade Trump. Congratulations, Comrade Trump. Russia thanks you for your loyalty and friendship.

It is noteworthy that the Lincoln Project was formed last year by a group of anti-Trump conservatives, and was even co-founded by attorney George Conway. The group has released a series of ads in 2020 to criticize the US President, including the most recent one slamming his relationship with Russia and Vladimir Putin. Earlier this week, an ad slammed reports that Trump was briefed about bounties being put on US soldiers while they were in Afghanistan. The former US Navy Seal Dan Barkhuff was featured in the ad, and he said he felt betrayed by the president about the Russian bounty reports. He said, “Any commander-in-chief with a spine would be stomping the living out of Russians right now, diplomatically, economically or if necessary with the sort of asymmetric warfare they’re using to send our kids home in body bags”.