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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Cecilia Nowell and agencies

Trump says Super Pac will pay for taxpayer-funded ads that sparked outcry

Black and white screenshot of TV ad
The pro-Trump ads were described by Democrats as ‘desperate pre-election propaganda’. Photograph: White House

Donald Trump said on Monday he would pay for taxpayer-funded, pro-Trump ads “with money I raised for MAGA, Inc.”, a political action committee, after the television advertisements glorifying himself sparked a major backlash.

In a social media post, Trump characterized the ads, which cost at least $1.5m in federal funds, as “a positive promotion for our Great U.S.A.” and called them “a rather standard thing to do”.

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