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President Donald Trump has said he will stop using US taxpayer funds to pay for television ads he has fronted, following bipartisan pushback.
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he → publish → pushback
"The Radical Left is upset with the fact that I am taking Ads, which I consider to be a positive promotion for our Great U.S.A., and paying for them with U.S.A. money," he said Monday on social media.
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he → upset → media
Trump said it is "a rather standard thing to do" but that he has decided to pay for the "Patriotic Ads" himself and with money he raised through his MAGA Inc super political action committee.
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he → say → committee
The ads, which praise the president and his policies, drew criticism and questions over their legality due to laws against using government money for political ads.
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which → praise → ads
There have been more than a dozen ads over recent weeks, with some mentioning Trump's tax cuts, US manufacturing and law and order.
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some → mention → cuts
In them, Trump also vows to take action against the "deep state" and others he perceives as enemies.
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he → vow → enemies
In one ad, Trump says, "We will cast out the communists, Marxists, and fascists.
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We → say → communists
We will throw off the sick political class that hates our country.
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that → throw → country
We will rout the fake news media, and we will liberate America from these villains once and for all".
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we → rout → all
The ads come just ahead of the pivotal November midterm elections, when Democrats hope to take control of one or both chambers of the US Congress as polls continue to show Trump's approval rating falling.
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rating → come → Congress
Midterm elections often serve as a verdict on how a president is doing - and typically the party of a sitting president tends to lose seats in Congress.
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party → serve → Congress
The White House has pushed back against criticism, calling the ads "educational" and saying they are not propaganda, but rather public service announcements.
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they → push → ads
They've pointed to previous administrations ads, like those under former Presidents Barack Obama on his healthcare plan and one under former President Joe Biden urging people to get Covid-19 vaccines.
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They → point → vaccines
But legal experts say past US government adverts have typically been about public health or national emergencies.
"It's difficult to see what legitimate government purpose is served by spending taxpayer dollars on ads whose only apparent purpose is to promote the president," legal ethics expert Margaret Dylus-Yukins has told the BBC.
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Yukins → say → president
Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire introduced a measure, which was blocked by a Republican, denouncing the administration for using government funds for for the ads.
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which → introduce → ads
"It is the sense of the Senate that the advertisements promoting President Donald Trump that aired in September 2026, which included the direct language 'paid for by the U.S. Government,' should not be paid for by the United States government," the measure reads.
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measure → promote → government
The ads have received criticism on both sides of the aisle.
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ads → receive → aisle
Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters on Monday that while "I like the message ... it shouldn't be paid for with taxpayer dollars".
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it → tell → dollars
Senator John Kennedy, a Republican, said on CBS News on Sunday that politicians should not spend taxpayer funds on promotional ads.
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politicians → say → ads
"I don't think any public official, including President Trump or Kristi Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves," the Louisiana lawmaker said.
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lawmaker → think → themselves
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