参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩周一对一项由联邦资金资助、 featuring President Donald Trump 的新广告活动提出异议。“这是个很棒的信息。我喜欢这个信息。
但不该用纳税人的钱来支付，”这位参议院共和党最高领袖告诉记者。
Senate Majority Leader John Thune took issue Monday with a new ad campaign featuring President Donald Trump that is being underwritten with federal funds. “It's a great message. I like the message. But it shouldn't be paid for with taxpayer dollars,” the top Senate Republican told reporters.
近日播出的一则广告与2024年特朗普竞选广告几乎完全相同，只是新版称其“由美国政府出资”。
One of the ads that has aired in recent days is virtually identical to a 2024 Trump campaign ad except that the new version states it is “paid for by the U.S. government.”
另一则广告播放了特朗普的画面，并配有一首名为《爱我》的歌曲，以及“美国永远不会成为共产主义国家”之类的字幕。图恩（南达科他州共和党）指出，特朗普并未说明资金来源。
Another shows images of Trump accompanied by a song titled “Love Me” and captions such as, “America will never be a communist country.”Thune (R-S.D.) noted that Trump has not specified where the funding is coming from.
白宫则 defends 这则广告宣传，称其是一则“公益广告”，类似于历任总统为推广新冠疫苗等事项而投放的广告。
The White House has defended the ad campaign as a “public service announcement” akin to spots backed by previous presidents promoting things like Covid-19 vaccinations.