舒默：法官叫停特朗普广告“仅仅是开始” 参议院民主党领袖查克·舒默（纽约州）周日欢迎联邦法官的一项裁决，该裁决阻止特朗普政府使用纳税人的钱来为其领导力付费宣传，并承诺这标志着围绕有争议广告的法律斗争“仅仅是开始”。
Schumer: Judge halting Trump ads ‘only the beginning’ Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Sunday hailed the order from a federal judge blocking the Trump administration from using taxpayer money to pay for s promoting his leadership and pledged it marked “only the beginning” of a legal battle over the controversial ads.
“纳税人的钱不是特朗普的个人宣传基金。这项法院命令是纳税人的胜利，但停止广告仅仅是开始，”舒默在一份声明中表示。
“Taxpayer dollars are not Trump’s personal propaganda fund. This court order is a win for taxpayers, but stopping the ads is only the beginning,” Schumer said in a statement.
“美国人有权知道每一笔钱的去向。这就是为什么我一直要求对这些广告进行彻底调查，并保存所有记录，”他继续说道。“现在我们需要答案：谁批准了这些广告，花费了多少钱，以及谁将承担责任。”《纽约时报》本月早些时候报道称，特朗普亲自下令其预算主管使用纳税人资金开展积极的电视广告宣传活动。
“Americans deserve answers about every dollar spent. That’s why I’ve demanded a thorough investigation into these ads and that all records are preserved,” he continued. “Now we need answers: who approved them, how much was spent, and who will be held accountable.”The New York Times reported earlier this month that Trump personally ordered his budget director to use taxpayer money for the positive TV advertising campaign.
政府动用纳税人资金制作了十几则类似竞选风格的广告，以宣传总统并回应其政治言论，时间点恰好是在中期选举前几周。
The administration created more than a dozen campaign-style ads paid for with taxpayer money to promote the president and echo his political rhetoric a few weeks before the midterm election.
特朗普在其Truth Social平台上表示，他认为这些广告是“我们伟大的美国的宣传”，但上周宣布这些广告将由他的超级政治行动委员会（super PAC）资助，不再由美国政府支付。
Trump said on his Truth Social platform that he viewed the ads as “promotion for our Great U.S.” but last week announced they would be funded by his super PAC and no longer paid for by the U.S. government.
其中一则广告与总统在2024年1月发布到其Truth Social账号的线上宣传内容高度相似，当时他正在为总统竞选做准备。
One ad closely resembled an online promotional that the president posted to his Truth Social account in January 2024, as he was gearing up for his presidential campaign.
这则来自2024选举年的广告敦促支持者发送短信“TRUMP至88022”以支持他的竞选。
The ad from the 2024 election year urged supporters to text “TRUMP to 88022” to support his campaign.
最近这则由纳税人资金支付的广告没有包含募款呼吁，但在其他方面几乎完全相同。
The more recent ad paid for by taxpayers did not include a fundraising pitch but was otherwise nearly identical.
它展示了特朗普在一段激昂演讲的配乐中走过走廊的画面，该演讲是在一场未具名的活动中发表的，他当时宣称：“这是最后一战。有你们在我身边，我们将铲除深层政府，我们将把战争贩子从我们的政府中驱逐出去。”几位共和党参议员警告说，用纳税人的钱来资助那些与政治广告高度相似的内容是不恰当的。
It features Trump walking down hallway accompanied to the soundtrack of a rousing speech he delivered at an unidentified event declaring: “This is the final battle. With you at my side, we will demolish the deep state, we will expel the warmongers from our government.”Several Republican senators warned that it would be inappropriate to use taxpayer money to fund s that closely resembled political ads.
“这是个很好的信息，我很喜欢这个信息，但它不应该由纳税人的钱来支付，”参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（共和党-南达科他州）上个月对记者说。
“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 last month.
参议员迈克·朗兹（共和党-南达科他州）表示，他不会考虑用纳税人的钱来资助如此接近选举的政治内容。
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said he wouldn’t think of using taxpayer money to fund political s so close to an election.
“这是我不会去做的事情，”他指出。“我知道白宫不受与我们相同的指导约束，但这是我不会去做的事情。”
“It would not have been something that I would have done,” he noted. “I know that the White House is not covered by the same guidance that we are but it’s not something I would have done.”