消费者权益倡导组织“公民公众”（Public Citizen）今日向联邦通信委员会（FCC）和联邦贸易委员会（FTC）提交投诉称，应责令广播公司停止播放涉嫌违反美国法律的特朗普商业广告。该组织表示，这些广告似乎违反了禁止使用纳税人资金进行宣传的法律，以及限制联邦政府雇员从事政治活动的法律。
Broadcasters should be ordered to stop running Trump commercials that appear to violate US laws, consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said today in a complaint to the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission. The ads appear to violate laws against using taxpayer funds for propaganda and a law that restricts political activity by federal government employees, the group said.
“公民公众”写道：“这些由纳税人资金资助的最新竞选广告之一，名为《最终决战》，是特朗普竞选委员会在2024年大选中发布的一则广告的翻版。在严肃的黑白画面中，特朗普神情严峻地走在走廊里，背景音高喊：‘这是最终决战。有你们在我身边，我们将摧毁深层政府。我们将把战争贩子赶出我们的政府。’屏幕底部的通知显示：‘由美国政府出资。’”
"The most recent of these taxpayer-funded campaign ads, entitled 'The Final Battle,' is a copied version of an ad that the Trump campaign committee issued in the 2024 election," Public Citizen wrote. "In dead serious black-and-white footage, Trump is seen marching down a corridor with a stern look, while the audio blares: 'This is the final battle. With you at my side, we will demolish the deep state.
特朗普还在广告中说：“我们将驱逐共产主义者、马克思主义者和法西斯主义者。我们将摆脱那些憎恨我们国家的病态政治阶层，我们将击败虚假新闻媒体，并将美国从这些恶棍手中彻底解放出来。”该广告使用了特朗普在2024年使用的同一视频和音频，主要区别在于2024年版本是由特朗普竞选委员会出资，而非美国政府。白宫声称其最近的广告是公益广告。
We will expel the warmongers from our government.' A notice at the bottom of the screen announces: 'Paid for by the US government.'" Trump also says in the ad, "We will cast out the communists, Marxists, and fascists. We will throw off the sick political class that hates our country, we will rout the fake news media, and we will liberate America from these villains once and for all." It uses the same video and audio from an ad Trump used in 2024, with the main difference being that the 2024 version was paid for by Trump's campaign committee instead of the US government. The White House claims its recent ads are public service announcements.