The Matt McNeil Show – September 28, 2026

So I want to start with the Trump administration using taxpayer funds to air television advertisements.

We've talked about that.

Promoting himself ahead of the midterms.

And the White House maintains that the ads are public service announcements, which, of course, they're not.

They're campaign announcements.

So one of the videos shows Trump walking down a hallway as his voice can be heard warning of, quote, a final battle against, quote, globalists and, quote, warmongers.

The black and white video ends with Trump staring straight into the camera.

And he has a message that says, quote, a paid for by the U.S. government.

So your taxpayer money, your pocketbook money is going to his campaign ad.

So I just want to talk about this because, you know, I find this insane because, you know, we pay taxes for roads, you know, bridges, roads.

You know, we should be paying for health care, but silly me.

Things like that, things that help people, not somebody's campaign.

You know, because even though he keeps saying, you know, his name's not on the ballot, but it is on the ballot.

Vote for me.

My name's on the ballot.

Even though it's not on the ballot, it's on the ballot.

So what say you, Austin, about that?

Yeah, I mean, it's a bizarre series of self-promoting advertisements.

If you haven't seen them, you would think you're looking at a parody.

I mean, it's like live journal style drama.

One of them talks about how, in their words, he's the most resilient man ever.

And the text, you know, the vocal song behind it continues to say, love me, love me, love me.

It's weird.

I don't see what in any of that is a public service announcement.

And we had talked about this a little bit earlier today, you and I.