The Trump administration put out a new ad this weekend as part of its “PSA” campaign, this time showing President Donald Trump walking down a hallway as he asks people to join him in his fight to “expel the warmongers from our government.”
\n\nThe ad — which at the end says it was “Paid for by the U.S. government” — is nearly identical to an ad put out by Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.
\n\nTrump posted that ad to Truth Social in January 2024. The repurposed ad now includes “Paid for by the U.S. government.” But it excludes the last few seconds of the 2024 ad, which ends with text reading “Join President Trump’s fight to save America” and his 2024 campaign logo.
\n\nThe ad signals an expansion of the White House’s controversial use of government funds to air pieces that resemble campaign advertisements. Last week, the White House ran a television ad in which Trump described how he wanted to “defeat communism,” set to the song “Love Me” by JMSN. The White House has called the ads “public service announcements.”
\n\nIn the latest ad, dramatic black-and-white video shows President Trump walking down a hallway with audio of him saying it…
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