In June 2016, Diva's video
Japanese Donald Trump Commercialトランプ2016 gained international attention, with some 8 million views on Facebook and almost 300,000 views on YouTube in its first 24 hours. The video masquerades as a Japanese commercial that seemingly promotes the presumptive
Republican presidential candidate
Donald Trump.
Slate described the work as "a dizzying, sorbet-hued phantasmagoria that gestures toward the coming end times."
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Diva's intent was to "seem obnoxiously pro-Trump" while doing the opposite, with the production quality so good that viewers would ask: "Why would a Japanese ad agency make this?" Indeed, many early online comments mistook the video for a genuine ad, despite Trump's being (briefly) depicted as giving a Nazi salute amid swastikas and ultimately transforming into an earth-destroying robot. The video was shot over a month and a half with virtually no budget and stars the
cosplayer and wig stylist known as
sushimonstuh.
[13][14] Diva talked about the video when interviewed with
KABC-TV.
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