美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周一表示，在临近11月国会选举之际，因纳税人资助的电视广告以他为主角而引发抨击，他将自掏腰包或用“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）政治委员会筹集的资金支付电视广告费用。
US President Donald Trump on Monday said that he would pay for television s himself or with money raised from the Maga political committee after pushback over the use of taxpayer-funded television ads featuring him just before the November congressional elections.
伦理专家和两党议员批评了这三则全国播出的广告，这些广告颂扬美国的“黄金时代”。
Ethics experts and lawmakers from both parties have criticised the three nationally broadcast ads, which celebrate a “golden age of America”.
议员们质疑公共资金是否被用于在政治上推广特朗普，而其他批评者则表示，这些广告可能违反了长期以来对政府宣传和政治活动的限制。
Lawmakers have questioned whether public funds are being used to promote Trump politically, while other critics say the spots may violate long-standing restrictions on government propaganda and political activity.
白宫和特朗普曾大力为这些广告辩护，称其仅仅是爱国公益广告，类似于前任总统所做的广告。但它们仍引发了两党的批评。
The White House and Trump had vigorously defended the ads as simply patriotic public service announcements similar to ones done by previous presidents. But they still elicited criticism from both parties.
在Truth Social的一篇帖子中，特朗普表示他认为这些广告是“为我们伟大的美国进行的积极推广”，但它们将不再由纳税人资助。
In a Truth Social post, Trump said he considered the ads to be “a positive promotion for our Great U.S.A” but that they would no longer be funded by taxpayers.
特朗普写道：“这是一件相当标准的事，但与其那样做，虽然什么都无法让他们高兴，我决定制作爱国广告等，并由我自己和我为MAGA筹集的资金支付费用。”其中“他们”指的是他所谓的“激进左派”。
“This is a rather standard thing to do but, rather than doing that, although nothing will make them happy, I have decided to do the Patriotic Ads, among others, and pay for them myself, and with money I raised for MAGA,” Trump wrote, with “them” referring to what he called the “Radical Left”.
一则广告中，特朗普宣称“美国永远不会成为共产主义国家”，同时合唱团重复“爱我”这两个词。另一则广告将拉什莫尔山的图像与特朗普赞扬“美国黄金时代”的画面结合在一起。
One ad features Trump declaring that “America will never be a communist country” while a chorus repeats the words “love me”. Another combines images of Mount Rushmore with footage of Trump praising a “golden age of America”.