Trump says he will stop using taxpayer funds for self-promoting ads after backlash – US politics live

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Shrai Popat (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier) · Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 4:53 AM
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Trump says he will stop using taxpayer funds for self-promoting ads after backlash – US politics live

President claims commercials were ‘positive promotion for our Great USA’ but says he will now cover their cost

In Donald Trump’s telling, he’s a model of incorruptible self-sacrifice.

“I’m the only president that donated his salary,” he told a group of cheering supporters at a Hispanic heritage month celebration in the White House last week, before conceding that George Washington – “a very wealthy person” – might have beaten him to the punch.

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