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2026-10-06 · Aljazeera

Trump says taxpayers will no longer fund TV ads that praise him

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. 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. Trump said he considered the advertisements to be “a positive promotion for our Great U.S.A.”, but that they would no longer be funded by taxpayers but by either him or his MAGA PAC, MAGA Inc. is Trump’s political war chest and had amassed more than $400m by the end of July.

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