特朗普在周三为其政府资助的广告活动进行辩护，声称他并未推广任何特定候选人。特朗普对记者表示：“我首先并未竞选公职。”
President Trump defended his government-funded ad campaigns on Wednesday, arguing that he is not promoting a candidate in particular. “I’m not running for office first of all,” Trump told reporters.
他补充说：“当我谈论让美国伟大、让我们的国家伟大时，那是一则全国性的广告，是为国家精神而做的广告。”
“When I’m talking about making America great, making our country great, that’s a countrywide ad. That’s an ad for the spirit of our country.”
总统说：“如果有人说这不对，我很乐意支付费用，但这些广告是为国家服务的。”
“Now, if somebody said that that’s wrong, I’ll gladly pay the money, but these are ads for the country,” the president said.
他还表示：“我并未推广任何候选人，也没有推广自己，因为我并未竞选公职。”
“I’m not promoting a candidate. I’m not promoting myself because I’m not running for office."
联邦政府已发布三则广告，白宫将其标记为公益广告，宣传特朗普及其政府。
The federal government has released three ads, which the White House has labeled as public service announcements, promoting Trump and his administration.
白宫在一份声明中表示：“对特朗普总统公益广告的攻击极不诚实。
“The attacks on President Donald J. Trump’s public service announcements are highly dishonest. The announcements are very clearly not campaign ads; President Trump is not on the ballot and there is no call to action," the White House said in a statement.
这些公告显然不是竞选广告；特朗普总统不在选票上，也没有号召行动。”其中一则广告在周日的NFL比赛商业广告期间播出。这些广告受到了两党批评。
One of the ads aired on Sunday during the commercial breaks of NFL games. The spots have received criticism from both sides of the aisle.
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（R-南达科他州）周一对记者说：“这是一条好信息，我喜欢这条信息，但不应该用纳税人的钱来支付。”
“It’s a great message, I like the message, but it shouldn’t be paid for by taxpayer dollars,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Monday.