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Trump's PAC won't pay taxpayers back for his ads
President Trump's super PAC will not reimburse the government for taxpayer money spent on campaign-style ads promoting the administration. Why it matters: Taxpayers have footed a multimillion-dollar bill for the advertisements, which some critics of the president have called " government propaganda
What the coverage shows
Both outlets center on the same basic story: Trump says the ads that praised him and were funded with taxpayer money will now be paid for by his PAC. The New York Times frames this as a response to backlash and names MAGA, Inc., while CNBC mainly repeats the claim in headline form. CNBC’s extract uniquely adds that the New York Times reported Trump personally instructed his budget director to use taxpayer money for the ads.
Written by Crossfiled from the 5 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
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