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CBS aired a government-funded advertisement glorifying President Donald Trump on Thursday night, continuing what some view as a rightward shift by the network. The ad highlights military actions against former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife. This comes after CBS’s decision to air a similar pro-Trump commercial earlier in the week that used unauthorized music, sparking accusations of propaganda. Critics argue the ads are political despite claims from the White House that they serve an educational purpose.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-25,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
In early November 2018, President Donald Trump's administration began airing a series of ads on national cable networks like Fox News and CBS. The ads, labeled "Paid for by the U.S. Government," highlighted Trump's achievements such as tax cuts and law enforcement support while denouncing communism, socialism, and Marxism. They featured images from Trump’s presidency set to music, including JMSN’s song “Love Me.” These ads were criticized by Democrats like Rep. Jamie Raskin for potentially violating federal rules against using taxpayer funds for political campaigning. The total cost of the campaign had escalated to $430,000 as of November 9th, according to AdImpact. Despite this controversy, the White House defended these ads as "public service announcements" aimed at promoting patriotism and national defense.
Written for “Taxpayer Funded Pro-Trump Ads” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 42 other(s) covering the same event.
A second commercial glorifying President Donald Trump, paid for by the U.S. government, aired on CBS stations Thursday night as the network continues its push to the right.
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network → glorify → right
The latest version of the ad featured the military operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and follows the anti-communist commercial that aired on Fox News earlier this week.
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that → feature → News
The commercials have sparked alarm and accusations of “propaganda” and others referring to it as a “campaign” ad.
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commercials → spark → ad
CBS News’ White House correspondent Weijia Jiang told viewers that the network planned to broadcast the second ad.
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network → tell → ad
“It’s the words, ‘Paid for by the U.S. government,’ that is drawing fire,” she said.
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she → ’ → fire
“A similar ad will air on this network tonight.”
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ad → air → network
While CBS aired the second ad Thursday night, the network’s boss David Ellison, CEO of its parent company Paramount Skydance, was at the White House ahead of a state dinner with Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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boss → air → Trump
Reporters for CNN were shut out of the event by the White House amid the ongoing feud over access, while Ellison – on the verge of acquiring CNN’s parent company Warner Bros Discovery – attended the soiree with his wife.
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Ellison → shut → wife
The intense 30-second ad that aired on Fox, titled “America Will Never Be a Communist Country,” raised eyebrows over its content and use of the song Love Me by the artist JMSN, who has publicly denounced the administration for using the track without permission.
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who → air → permission
It comes amid Trump’s media ban and accusations that the president has launched his own “state-run media” operation in response.
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president → come → response
Multiple versions of the ads were produced by the Trump administration, which paid for the airtime through an external ad agency, according to CBS News.
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which → produce → News
The White House denied the ad was political when reached for comment Thursday by The Independent.
“These public service announcements are about reminding Americans to love their country and understand what makes it worth defending, at home, at our borders, and abroad,” the spokesperson said.
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spokesperson → deny → borders
The network’s decision to air the ad follows scrutiny of its lurch to the right since Paramount merged with Skydance and took over the company last year.
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Paramount → air → company
Under the leadership of editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, CBS News has seen the departure of several producers and reporters, some of whom have accused the editor-in-chief of undermining the network’s journalistic integrity.
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some → see → integrity
Since taking over last year, Weiss has been accused of interfering in her staff’s reporting to push for a more conservative political agenda.
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Weiss → take → agenda
Democrats reacted to the Trump ads with fury, with Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire writing to Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles for information about the use of taxpayer dollars.
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Hassan → react → dollars
“The advertisement does not have a clear official government purpose and appears to run afoul of federal prohibitions against the use of appropriated funds as part of 'a general propaganda effort designed to aid a political party or candidates,’” Hassan wrote in the letter.
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Hassan → have → letter
Democrats on the House and Senate Appropriations committees also wrote to Wiles, accusing the administration of producing “the sort of propaganda one might expect in North Korea, not the United States of America.”
“It is an egregious and illegal misuse of Americans' hard-earned tax dollars,” the Democrats added.
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Democrats → write → dollars
In response, a White House official said that the president “is not on the ballot and the ads don't have a call to action.”
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ads → say → action
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