威尔·魏斯特 华盛顿 —— 周一，唐纳德·特朗普总统表示，他将停止使用纳税人资金为歌颂自己的电视广告买单，这些广告引发了强烈反弹，未来将改由他的超级政治行动委员会承担费用。
WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that he will stop using taxpayer funds for television s glorifying himself that sparked a major backlash, and instead tap his super PAC to cover costs going forward.
特朗普在其社交媒体网站上发文为这些广告辩护，称这些广告耗资至少150万美元联邦资金，并招致了强烈批评。特朗普称这些广告是“为我们伟大的美国进行的正面宣传”。
In a post on his social media site, Trump defended the ads, which cost at least $1.5 million in federal funds and have drawn intense criticism. Trump said they were “positive promotion for our Great U.S.A.”
“这是一件相当标准的事，”总统写道，同时将利用纳税人资金制作广告招致的强烈批评归咎于“激进左派”。但总统补充说，他已“决定制作爱国广告等，并由我自己支付，以及用我为‘让美国再次伟大公司’（MAGA Inc.）筹集的资金支付。”这是特朗普的政治资金库，到7月底已积累超过4亿美元。特朗普已开始动用这笔资金，在中期选举前助推全国各地的共和党候选人。
“This is a rather standard thing to do,” the president wrote, while blaming intense criticism for using taxpayer funds on the ads on the “Radical Left.”But the president added that he’d “decided to do the Patriotic Ads, among others, and pay for them myself, and with money I raised for MAGA, Inc.” That is Trump’s political war chest , which had amassed more than $400 million by the end of July. Trump has begun to tap it to boost Republican candidates around the country ahead of midterm elections.
特朗普未提供关于向纳税人偿还已播放广告费用的细节，也未说明其政治组织将如何支付未来此类广告费用。
Trump provided no details on reimbursing taxpayers for ads that already aired, nor how he would go about having his political organization pay for such future advertising.
白宫此前曾坚决捍卫用纳税人钱制作旨在宣传总统的广告，周一晚间表示，未来此类广告将由“让美国再次伟大公司”支付。白宫未回答关于其或特朗普如何证明政治资金被用于未来此类广告的问题。
The White House — which had fiercely defended using taxpayer money on spots meant to promote the president — said Monday night that MAGA Inc. will pay for such ads going forward. It did not answer questions on how it or Trump might prove that his political funds were being used on such future advertising.
在两党领袖均批评使用纳税人资金制作广告后，特朗普突然改变立场。
Trump’s abrupt about-face came after leaders from both parties criticized using taxpayer funds for the ads.
法律专家表示，这些广告甚至可能违反联邦法规，包括一项禁止将国会拨款用于“宣传或宣传鼓动”的法律，以及一项限制政府雇员从事党派政治活动的法律。
Legal experts said the ads might even violate federal statutes, including a law against congressionally appropriated funds being used for “publicity or propaganda” and one limiting the partisan political activities of government employees.
首支广告将特朗普谈论击败共产主义的片段，与宣传“史上最大规模减税”、“重振美国制造业”以及“捍卫法治秩序和警察”的屏幕文字穿插在一起。同一周晚些时候，第二支广告开始播出。它展示了拉什莫尔山的风景视频，配以特朗普在该地举行的独立日周末演讲中的引语和片段，以纪念建国250周年。
The first ad featured clips of Trump talking about defeating communism interspersed with onscreen text promoting the “largest tax cuts in history,” “reigniting American manufacturing” and a call to “defend law and order and police.”Later the same week, a second ad began running. It showed scenic videos of Mount Rushmore with quotes and clips from Trump’s Fourth of July weekend speech there honoring the country’s 250th anniversary.
第三支较新的广告与特朗普2024年共和党连任竞选广告几乎完全相同，画面显示他走过走廊，背景音是他警告将对“全球主义者”和“战争贩子”进行“最后一战”。
A third, more recent one was virtually identical to an ad for Trump’s Republican reelection campaign in 2024 and showed him walking down a hallway as his voice can be heard warning of a “final battle” against “globalists” and “warmongers.”
所有广告最后都以一条信息结尾：“由美国政府支付费用。”据追踪媒体支出的AdImpact统计，截至9月底，这些广告位的花费至少达140万美元。实际支出可能远超此数，具体取决于电视台是否将其归类为政治广告。
All ended with a message: “Paid for by the U.S. Government.”According to AdImpact, which tracks media spending, the spots had cost at least $1.4 million by the end of September. The actual amount spent could be far more, depending on whether networks classified the ad as a political ad.