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Trump personally helped orchestrate taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself and his policies, source says

By Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has personally driven the controversial, taxpayer funded video ads promoting himself and his administration’s policies, including helping select the imagery and videos used, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. Two Trump advisers familiar with the ads said that they were being created in-house by

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