Federal judge orders the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded TV ads promoting the president

Summary

TV ads promoting President Donald Trump, which cost at least $1.5 million in federal funds, drew a backlash for glorifying the president, and Trump said MAGA Inc., the president's super PAC, would pay for them instead, while defending the ads in a social media post. On Wednesday 7 October, the Democratic National Committee sued the Trump administration in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging that the ads are illegal government-sponsored propaganda, accusing Trump of personally directing them and asking the court to declare the ads illegal and stop the use of federal funds to pay for them. On Sunday 11 October, a federal judge ordered the administration to cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars in taxpayer money to promote Trump's political message, as the administration said the ad campaign was coming to an end, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported. NBC News said the order to stop airing the ads, which portray Trump in a favorable light, was effective immediately, and CNBC said the ads had been criticized as government propaganda and as aimed at influencing the outcome of the midterm election.

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