Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Ads Are Receiving Bipartisan Criticism

Trump’s taxpayer-funded propaganda blitz

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Donald Trump is spending taxpayer money on propaganda ads. What’s happening? Over the weekend, the Trump administration aired a 30-second spot of Trump promising to […]

Sep 28, 2026

Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Ads Are Receiving Bipartisan Criticism

President Donald Trump has become the subject of bipartisan pushback after another taxpayer-funded television ad aired during at least two Sunday NFL games. “We will throw off the sick political class that hates our country,” Trump says in the ad. “We will rout the fake news media, and we will liberate America from these villains […]

Sep 28, 2026

Trump’s taxpayer-funded propaganda is blatantly illegal

Trump has already spent $2.5 million running these ads, of your taxpayer dollars. Before he’s done, he’s planning to spend at least 20 million on them.

Oct 2, 2026

Latest taxpayer-funded ad promotes Trump war with Iran

The Trump administration is airing another taxpayer-funded ad, this time touting the seven-month-long Iran war. In the commercial, which ad-tracking firm Medium Buying shared Wednesday on social media, audio of President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plays in the background, as U.S. military footage — including unclassified strikes — is displayed. “This regime will…

Oct 1, 2026

GOP senators push back on Trump’s taxpayer-funded ad

President Trump’s new government-funded ads pledging to “cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists” are getting strong pushback from Senate Republicans who are warning the president not to use taxpayer money to promote himself in such a brazenly political way. While Republicans generally approve of Trump’s political message, they say using taxpayer dollars to fund…

Sep 29, 2026