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Trump's minions waste millions of tax dollars on ads kissing his butt



A new report released on Wednesday revealed that the Trump administration has
spent an estimated $51 million of taxpayer funds on self-aggrandizing ads
praising President Donald Trump’s actions on immigration.

The advertising industry analysis group AdImpact has determined that the ad
campaign centered around the Department of Homeland Security is the largest
political advertising expenditure for the year so far.




 



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Most of the ads feature Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem promoting a
message like, “Thank you, President Donald J. Trump, for securing our border,
for deporting criminal, illegal immigrants, and for putting America first.”

The messages in the ads are nearly identical to the campaign advertising Trump
has embraced since first launching his political ambitions in 2015.

DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Axios that the ads aren’t
political and are “a public service announcement urging illegal aliens to
leave.” But Trump is repeatedly mentioned in the ads, echoing the style of
campaign advertising—very different from traditional government-funded public
service announcements.

AdImpact also reported that at least $9 million of the advertising has been
spent on Fox News, whose audience demographics—mostly older, conservative,
white people—do not intersect with the alleged target. But it does financially
reward the network that is most staunch in its support for Trump and other
Republicans.

The political lean of the taxpayer-funded ads echoes recent concerns about
DHS videos attacking Democrats that airports are being asked to run in response
to the government shutdown. Multiple airports have declined to run the videos
starring Noem that falsely allege that “Democrats in Congress refuse to fund
the federal government.” In fact, the shutdown is the fault of congressional
Republicans.

The Trump administration has repeatedly used its newfound power to waste tax
dollars in support of Trump’s pet obsessions. Currently taxpayers are financing
the accommodations for construction of Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom at
the White House and Trump recently announced plans to erect an arch near the
Lincoln Memorial in Washington.

Back in May, Noem submitted a budget request for a $50 million jet which
would likely be used to shuttle her around the country for the photo ops she
has staged since assuming her position.





 



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Aside from the spending on the DHS propaganda videos, the ads do not mention
the brutal reality of Trump’s harsh anti-immigrant policy agenda.

ICE agents are currently engaged in operations across America harassing and
kidnapping people—including children. The agency under Noem’s control has
conducted a campaign of terror against migrant communities, their families, and
friends.

No advertising, not even a multi-million dollar campaign, is going to change
reality and its long-term effects.



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