Trump tried to make us pay for his advertising of himself.
A federal judge on Sunday evening ordered the Trump administration to stop airing taxpayer-funded ads that had drawn widespread backlash for their explicit glorification of President Trump.
The commercials ran on network and cable television and were paid for through a $20 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security. One bragged about the capture of the former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Another echoed a campaign video from 2024 that denounced political enemies of Mr. Trump as “villains.”
Your tax dollars at work! No thank you.
The ads had run during programs and shows like “Good Morning America” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” as well as during weekend football games on Fox. Some officials had said the administration might have violated federal law by using taxpayer money for publicity or propaganda.
Along with Mr. Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are featured in the ad gloating about the capture of Mr. Maduro.
“Don’t play games with this president’s in office because it’s not gonna turn out well,” Mr. Rubio says.
Mr. Trump was personally invested in seeing the ads air. He instructed Russell T. Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, to find the money for the ads, The New York Times reported this month. In late September, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which falls under D.H.S., awarded a contract to a Maryland marketing firm for the commercials.
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Mr. Trump announced last week that his super PAC, MAGA Inc., would pay for the ads. But the next day, White House officials said that would apply only “moving forward” and that Mr. Trump would not reimburse taxpayers for what had already been spent.
Of course. He got away with it so ha.
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