Donald Trump has launched a new campaign ad in the state of Georgia which he erroneously illustrated with a photo of the country of Georgia.
The digital ad urging Republican supporters to register to vote featured a bucolic landscape with rolling mountains dipping in and out of the clouds.
“I’m humbly asking you to stop what you’re doing and check your voter registration status,” the ad said. “Only a handful of votes will decide this election.
“We can stop inflation, secure our borders, lower taxes, and make America Great Again!…”
However, the photograph appears to be an image of the former Soviet republic.
Telegraph analysis of the photo has found it is a stock image of the views in Upper Svaneti, in the Caucasus mountain range of northwestern Georgia.
The same image is included on the US state department website, which provides travel advice to US citizens visiting the Eurasian country, whose capital is Tbilisi.
The US state of Georgia is one of seven battleground states that could “swing” the 2024 election, with the latest polling figures showing Trump holds a narrow lead over Kamala Harris.
The data, from The New York Times and Siena College, puts the former president on 49 per cent of the vote – four percentage points ahead of the Democratic candidate on 45 per cent.
As well as remaining ahead in Georgia, the polls found that Trump has gained a lead in Arizona – two Southern states that he lost to president Joe Biden in 2020.
Last time round, Mr Biden squeaked to victory in Georgia by 49.5 per cent to 49.3 per cent – the narrowest margin in the country and breaking a quarter-century Republican streak.
Trump is scheduled to campaign in Georgia this week for his first visit in over a month, with a stop planned in Savannah on Tuesday.
He follows hot on the heels of Ms Harris, who addressed voters in Atlanta last week on the subject of women’s reproductive rights
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