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Military Recruitment Ads Air During Baseball Broadcasts Draw Criticism
Original: Jeezus. Trump/#Hegseth sure know how to ruin #baseball running those ads begging for more recruits, guilt tripping them
Critics are objecting to US military recruitment advertisements being shown during baseball broadcasts, accusing the Trump administration and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth of guilt-tripping viewers into enlisting. One commentator called the campaign a vanity project rather than a genuine national defence effort, arguing the administration is politicising America's pastime to chase recruiting targets.
Why now: Recruitment ads aired during popular baseball games are prompting backlash on social media.
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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.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 3
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