Trump is posting his picture on municipal Buildings costing the country thousands of dollars. In just four months, at least three federal agencies have paid for massive Trump picture banners. More than $50,000 in taxpayer money has been used for Trump propaganda building posters.
These aren’t informational signs. They don’t explain programs, benefits, or public services. They are giant portraits of the President. They look like they’re straight out of soviet Russia. And they are the textbook definition of propaganda.
Since 1951, federal law has explicitly prohibited using taxpayer funds for propaganda and self-aggrandizement.
This is not only a waste of taxpayer dollars. It’s also an authoritarian tactic and illegal.
Dictators from Stalin to Saddam to Putin to Kim Jong Un have plastered their images on government buildings to demonstrate power.
And now, the Trump Administration is doing the same in Washington.
