'God made Trump': Inside White House's $20 million ad campaign ahead of midterms

A total of $20 million has been allocated for the Trump's advertising effort, two sources said. The Trump administration has produced at least 13 campaign-style advertisements as part of a multimillion-dollar effort funded by US taxpayers to promote President Donald Trump and his policies ahead of midterm votings.Several of the ads have not yet aired. They include three focused on the US military and operations in Iran and Venezuela, one titled “God Made Trump” and another featuring Trump's UFC event at the White House.The spending has drawn criticism from both Republicans and Democrats, who have questioned whether taxpayer money should be used for such advertising. The White House has defended the campaign by describing the videos as public service announcements.CNN obtained clips of 12 ads, ranging from 15 seconds to three minutes. Two of those had already been broadcast. The clips were stored in a Dropbox account run by LMD, the agency awarded the government contract for the advertising campaign, and were shared with CNN. Each video ends with the words “Paid for by the US Government”.Ads feature Trump's patriotic imageThree of the advertisements have so far appeared on televisio...