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Trump personally helped orchestrate taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself and his policies: CNN

The White House says the spots are public service announcements, while critics say they use taxpayer money to promote Trump before the midterms.

  • On Sunday, President Donald Trump's taxpayer-funded advertisements aired during NFL broadcasts on Fox, including the Washington Commanders-Seattle Seahawks and Carolina Panthers-Cleveland Browns games, ending with "Paid for by the US Government."
  • Trump advisers confirmed the ads were produced in-house by the White House video team, with CNN reporting a source revealed Trump was directly and creatively involved in selecting imagery for the campaign.
  • Audio in the advertisements echoes Trump's November 2023 speech in Claremont, New Hampshire, where he declared "This is the final battle" and vowed to cast out communists and Marxists.
  • Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin alleged the ads constitute felony criminal theft of government property and a Hatch Act violation, while congressional Democrats on Thursday demanded the White House remove the ad, calling it "the sort of government propaganda one might expect in North Korea."
  • The White House defended the spots as public service announcements intended to remind Americans to love their country, though critics argued the imagery is undeniably meant to promote Trump as a warrior battling existential threats.
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By Kristen Holmes, CNN President Donald Trump personally boosted the controversial video ads funded by taxpayers who promote his image and his administration's policies, including his involvement in selecting the images and videos used, told CNN a well-known source of the matter.Two Trump advisors aware of

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