MAGA Fascists wax nostalgic of good old Nazi Germany when so-called traditional conservative "Aryan white family values" were married nicely with racism, self-declared supremacy and hatred of all other nations and peoples. Adultering boozehound and Jesus-saved Pete Hegtseth declares that "Peace through Warmongering" is how the United States should police the world, just like ICE and CBP are making the US peaceful by turning it into a police state that hounds people on the streets and in their homes. The American Reich is upon us!
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Minister calls out national theater chain for showing 'propaganda'
Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY
Thu, June 18, 2026
An Oregon minister's efforts to urge a movie theater chain to cease playing a promotional video for the U.S. Department of War before film showings is drawing attention.
The Rev. Chuck Currie, a minister in the United Church of Christ in Portland, complained in a letter to Regal Theaters that he and his family had gone to see Steven Spielberg's "Disclosure Day" Sunday evening when the 90-second ad touting the U.S. Department of War played before the pre-film trailers.
"The audience was stunned," he told USA TODAY, calling the video "a propaganda piece promoting Trump and the MAGA agenda."
The War Department's "Peace Through Strength" video, which was also played during the White House's $60 million UFC Freedom 250 exhibition, features dramatic music, a fist-pumping War Secretary Pete Hegseth and a voiceover of President Donald Trump saying, "If you attack the United States of America, we will hunt you down."
"It was like we were at a movie theater in Russia or North Korea," Currie wrote in his letter, which he posted on social media. "Democracies do not do this."
Currie's posts drew hundreds of thousands of responses across several social media platforms.
Some commented they'd also seen the video during recent movie outings, with one saying another chain's management had been quick to pull it from theaters after backlash. Others said they would stop frequenting Regal's theaters.
Currie, the former director of the Center for Peace and Spirituality at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, demanded the chain "immediately stop showing" the video, which he described as "a propaganda video. Nothing more, nothing less."
U.S. troops react as President Donald Trump walks to deliver remarks, near a banner reading, "Peace Through Strength", during a visit to Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, May 15, 2025.
Regal Entertainment, based in Knoxville, Tennessee, is one of the largest theater operators in the United States, with nearly 5,400 screens in 41 states. The company, which aired the UFC event live in theaters, did not immediately respond to an inquiry from USA TODAY.
In his posts, Currie said the audience "loudly booed" the spot.
"We routinely see videos at Regal promoting careers in the military," his letter stated. "This was not that."
In the video, Trump says the U.S. will "lead the world to peace" through "power and might," adding: "Our friends will respect us, our enemies will fear us and the whole world will admire the unrivaled greatness of the U.S. military."
Currie called the theater chain's decision to show the video "an endorsement of Donald Trump, his failed war in Iran and the white Christian nationalism advocated by Secretary Hegseth."
Currie told USA TODAY he had yet to receive any response from Regal, though he remained hopeful given the abundant reaction to his posts. Neither Regal nor the War Department replied to inquiries from USA TODAY in time for publication.
"Many have left comments, letting me know that they experienced the exact same thing in their theater this past week," he said. "It would be a mistake for Regal and other theaters not to respond."
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Minister chastises theater chain for War Department 'propaganda'
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