https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/25/trump-hhs-ads-coronavirus-421957The health department is moving quickly on a highly unusual advertising campaign to "defeat despair" about the coronavirus, a $300 million-plus effort that was shaped by a political appointee close to President Donald Trump and executed in part by close allies of the official, using taxpayer funds.
The ad blitz, described in some budget documents as the "Covid-19 immediate surge public advertising and awareness campaign," is expected to lean heavily on video interviews between administration officials and celebrities, who will discuss aspects of the coronavirus outbreak and address the Trump administration's response to the crisis, according to six individuals with knowledge of the campaign who described its workings to POLITICO.
They have recruited celebrities for this ad despite constantly nagging Democrats for having celebrities involved in campaigns, so this is hypocrisy. Second, this is a clear misuse of taxpayer funds. Trump is so broke that he is stealing from taxpayers to run an ad.
