Trump 2020 video pulled from Twitter for using music from The Dark Knight Rises
President Trump's latest 2020 video didn't even last on Twitter for a full day.
The president on Tuesday shared a 2020 campaign video that was cut in the style of a movie trailer, featuring a highlight reel of some of Trump's enemies set to epic music with the text, "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they call you racist."
Part of the reason it felt like a movie trailer is because that wasn't just any epic music: It was the score from The Dark Knight Rises, with the trailer also emulating that film's font, as Variety points out. Shortly after the video was uploaded, Warner Bros. said it would be filing a copyright complaint, per BuzzFeed News. And Twitter was quick to act, as the video has now been removed, with a message in its place reading: "This media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright holder."
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The video was not made by Trump himself, BuzzFeed reports, but instead appears to have originated on YouTube and spread on the popular Reddit community for Trump supporters, The_Donald. The original video, titled "President Donald Trump 2020 trailer," has also been removed due to a copyright complaint from Warner Bros.
Trump is no stranger to complaints over the unauthorized use of music for campaign purposes, with numerous artists — from Rihanna to Pharrell Williams — requesting him to stop playing their songs at his rallies. HBO also complained after Trump tweeted out a parody Game of Thrones poster last year, tweeting, "How do you say trademark misuse in Dothraki?"
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Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.
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