Americans are paying millions for a batch of pro-Trump ads | Margaret Sullivan
They try to scare people into thinking that the US could become a communist country. Brendan Carr, the FCC chair, is a proud Trump toady, with his thumb on the scale for every Trump project.Carr has shrugged off questions about the ads. However, as he told CNN, Congress “has not asserted itself as the first branch of government with the power of the purse to hold the president accountable”.
- ▪They try to scare people into thinking that the US could become a communist country.
- ▪Brendan Carr, the FCC chair, is a proud Trump toady, with his thumb on the scale for every Trump project.Carr has shrugged off questions about the ads.
- ▪However, as he told CNN, Congress “has not asserted itself as the first branch of government with the power of the purse to hold the president accountable”.
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‘The ads do make a twisted kind of Trumpian sense.’ Photograph: Alex Brandon/APView image in fullscreen‘The ads do make a twisted kind of Trumpian sense.’ Photograph: Alex Brandon/APOpinionTrump administrationAmericans are paying millions for a batch of pro-Trump adsMargaret SullivanThe spots, including a recycled campaign ad, are funded by taxpayers and present the president as a heroThu 1 Oct 2026 07.00 EDTLast modified on Thu 1 Oct 2026 07.02 EDTShareThe US government is spending millions of taxpayer dollars to get a blatantly partisan message in front of voters as the midterm elections loom.And while these TV ads aren’t explicitly campaign ads, they might as well be.They feature Donald Trump as a hero.
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