Um, is it just us, or did Rudy Giuliani’s camp seize upon the strike-induced lull in Hollywood to hire out talent to make what looks and sounds like a Mideast-themed action movie trailer to promote his presidential campaign? “A religion betrayed … a nuclear power in chaos … madmen bent on creating it. …” Steven Seagal’s people should take notes from this one.

Watch the clip, courtesy of Brave New Films, below:

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