More than $10 million in federal funds from a $20 million Homeland Security contract has already been spent on the national broadcast campaign since September Donald Trump provided no details on reimbursing taxpayers for ads that had already aired, nor on how he would go about having his political organisation pay for such future advertising Key points and original sources are listed below.

• More than $10 million in federal funds from a $20 million Homeland Security contract has already been spent on the national broadcast campaign since SeptemberS1

• Donald Trump provided no details on reimbursing taxpayers for ads that had already aired, nor on how he would go about having his political organisation pay for such future advertisingS2

• President’s U-turn comes after Democrats and Republicans condemned use of tax dollars for pro-Trump adsDonald Trump said on Monday he would pay for taxpayer-funded, pro-Trump ads “with money I raised for MAGA, Inc.”, a political action committee, after the tel...S3

• US president reverses course after defending television spots that ran during National Football League games and ‘Saturday Night Live’S4