{"id":7175,"date":"2026-10-06T02:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T02:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=7175"},"modified":"2026-10-06T02:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T02:27:13","slug":"trump-says-taxpayers-will-no-longer-fund-tv-ads-that-praise-him-donald-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=7175","title":{"rendered":"Trump says taxpayers will no longer fund TV ads that praise him | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Move comes after ethics experts criticised three nationally broadcast ads and called for independent investigations.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Published On 6 Oct 2026<\/span>6 Oct 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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United States President Donald Trump has said he will stop using taxpayer funds for television advertisements featuring him after widespread criticism of the campaign-style spots.<\/p>\n

In a post on his social media site on Monday, Trump defended the advertisements, which cost at least $1.5m in federal funds and were aired ahead of the US November midterm elections.<\/p>\n

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Trump said he considered the advertisements to be \u201ca positive promotion for our Great U.S.A.\u201d, but that they would no longer be funded by taxpayers but by either him or his MAGA PAC,<\/p>\n

MAGA Inc. is Trump\u2019s political war chest and had amassed more than $400m by the end of July.<\/p>\n

The announcement came as ethics experts and lawmakers from both \u2060parties have criticised the three nationally broadcast advertisements and called for independent investigations.<\/p>\n

The advertisements have run during football games as recently as Sunday and during other programming.<\/p>\n

One features Trump declaring that \u201cAmerica will never be a communist country\u201d, \u2060while a chorus repeats the words \u201clove me\u201d. Another combines \u2060images of Mount Rushmore with footage of Trump praising a \u201cgolden age of America\u201d.<\/p>\n

The advertisements end with a disclaimer saying they were paid for by the US government.<\/p>\n

Democratic lawmakers said last month that the White House transferred $20m in Homeland Security Department funds to air \u2060the advertisements, including one that closely resembles a 2024 Trump \u2060campaign ad, and sought independent probes.<\/p>\n

California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday called \u200cfor an independent investigation, calling it a \u201cstaggering misuse of public funding and breach of public trust\u201d after the calls for a probe.<\/p>\n

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr, a \u200cRepublican \u200cnamed to his position by Trump, last week said the advertisements were appropriate and rejected a request to investigate them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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