Trump says he'll start paying for ads after pushback over taxpayer funding
President Trump said Monday he will start paying for the pro-Trump ads that have blanketed the airwaves in recent weeks, using money raised by his super PAC.
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Different Spin. The left frames it as "Trump backs down on his taxpayer-funded political ads after fiery pushback". The center frames it as "Trump says will pay for TV ads after pushback over taxpayer funding close to election".
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President Trump said Monday he will start paying for the pro-Trump ads that have blanketed the airwaves in recent weeks, using money raised by his super PAC.
President Trump said he will no longer use taxpayer funds for a series of promotional ads criticized across the aisle, instead using money from his super PAC.
In an abrupt reversal, President Donald Trump backed down from his plan to push nationwide, politically charged "public service announcements" at taxpayer expense — and said they would inst...
US President Donald Trump on Monday said that he would pay for television advertisements himself or with money raised from the Maga political committee after pushback over the use of taxpa...
The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.
President Donald Trump responded to criticism about his taxpayer-funded "public service announcements" in a Truth Social post Monday, defending the ads and saying he would now pay for them...
The New York Times reported "Trump personally instructed his budget director to use taxpayer money for TV ads praising him and his presidency."