Hollywood strikes again! Matthew Modine, star of Stranger Things and Full Metal Jacket, just compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. What triggered this outrageous comparison? Trump’s use of clips from Modine’s Full Metal Jacket in a political ad opposing woke ideology in the military. Yep, that’s all it took.
Modine’s dramatic reaction to Trump’s ad is yet another example of Hollywood’s obsession with vilifying conservatives, especially Trump.
At a glance:
- Matthew Modine compared Trump to Adolf Hitler over a political ad using Full Metal Jacket clips.
- Modine claims Trump’s ad is propaganda akin to Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl’s work.
- Vivian Kubrick, daughter of Full Metal Jacket director Stanley Kubrick, defended Trump’s use of the footage.
Trump’s ad, posted on X (formerly Twitter), uses iconic Full Metal Jacket boot camp scenes alongside TikTok videos of military personnel pushing woke ideology. Trump captioned the video with “We will not have a woke military!”—a message that clearly ruffled Modine’s feathers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIy8Z-mYNy4
In response, Modine went off on a bizarre rant, likening Trump’s use of the footage to Nazi propaganda films from the 1930s. He claimed Trump was twisting Stanley Kubrick’s powerful anti-war film into a “homophobic, manipulative tool of propaganda.” Modine even invoked Riefenstahl’s infamous defense of Hitler, drawing a direct parallel between the former president and the Nazi dictator.
While Modine was busy hyperventilating, Vivian Kubrick, daughter of Full Metal Jacket director Stanley Kubrick, defended Trump. She said her father would have approved of the footage being used, pointing out that Trump consistently pushes for peace and uses military strength to maintain it. According to her, the ad’s juxtaposition of strong military training with woke nonsense is exactly why the footage was chosen.
Modine’s wild claims are par for the course in Hollywood’s unhinged response to anything Trump-related. While Modine sees Hitler, most Americans see a leader focused on keeping the military strong and capable.
