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Military recruitment ads during baseball games draw criticism
Original: Jeezus. Trump/#Hegseth sure know how to ruin # baseball running those ads begging for more recruits, guilt tripping them
Critics are complaining that military recruitment advertisements are airing during baseball broadcasts, accusing the Trump administration and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of guilt-tripping viewers into enlisting. One post circulating widely called the ads an attempt to 'ruin' baseball and dismissed the recruitment push as serving political purposes rather than national defense, questioning who would enlist under current leadership.
Why now: Political criticism of Pentagon recruitment ads airing during popular sports broadcasts is circulating online.
Donald TrumpPete HegsethUS militarybaseball
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- Jeezus. Trump/#Hegseth sure know how to ruin # baseball running those ads begging for more recruits, guilt tripping them to sign up. Who'd be so foolish as to put their fate into the hands of Kegsbreath? It's not WWII, "War".gov It's Trump's vanity project to distract from #… · ginaintheburg@mastodon.world · 7
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