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Why am I seeing political ads for Donald Trump in April of the year of his second inauguration?

To add context, the ads are on YouTube, I’m in North Carolina, they’ve mostly (all?) been regarding Medicare with a voiceover saying “He’s not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid” followed with him saying “None of that stuff is gonna be touched”

I can only imagine there’s some local elections or primaries that have his stink on it and some GOP candidate is trying to ‘roll down the windows’?

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Because you're not blocking ads.
- Exactly. Switch to Firefox + uBlock Origin. Problem solved.

Because he's a narcissistic, egotistical, megalomaniac and loves seeing his face and hearing his own voice. The ads are not for you. They're for him.
- Bingo.
- at this point I suspect they're also buying air time to deny it to other outfits like Lincoln Project.
- Yep, he likes running for office where he can get cheers and applause, but not actually governing. Except he's too chicken shit to actually hold rallies anymore for fear someone puts a bullet through his skull. Probably a reasonable fear too, given the rate he's breaking things in the States.

I haven’t seen a commercial in years, but what I can speak about is the random us flags. Is this for July 4th or is it to support Trump? My grocery store sells so many sizes now and they’re so cheap. It’s the cheapest thing they have.

Propaganda sinks in better if it's heard years in advance instead of 3 months before the election. It's easier to make people think other news sources are exaggerating if they've heard the opposite for months and months prior

Not really an answer to your question, but Firefox + Ublock Origin will fix that problem for you.
- And YouTube ReVanced for mobile.
  And NextDNS for everything else.
  
  I like https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe
  Is ReVanced having any features I'm missing out on with NewPipe? (Serious question, never bothered trying ReVanced)

Because he is going to cut Medicare and Medicaid, all of that stuff is gonna get touched.
- "no no no, I cut OBAMAcare"
  
  I will never stop laughing at "I hAve CONcePtS of A PlAN" said in the voice of a fucking child who got caught lying

Because we do not live in a Democracy with regular election seasons.
We live in a fascist oligarchy, which must constantly beam propoganda into the minds of its citizens.
...
Trump basically never stopped campaigning during the entirety of the Biden term, nor even for his fist term... despite being the President.
US political ad seasons are notorious for being ... way too long, up to a year... compared to most functional demcracies, where this ad season is often several weeks, not several, or many months.
Trump ratcheted this lengthy American political ad season into just literally all the time.
Before him, a sitting President running ads... during the middle of their own term... I think its literally unprecedented. Sure they'd give addresses and speeches to the public in extraordinary situations... but not run what amount to campaign ads... just all the time.
This is the power of money and media in the digital age.
Tell the lies often enough, and they become real to the enthralled. Literally right out of Goebbels playbook.
It truly now just is cult reaffirming propoganda, in the derogatory 1984/dictator sense of propoganda
Trump has stated many times he'll serve a third term. Told people they'd "never need to vote again." He fully plans on being President untill he dies.
- Trump has stated many times he’ll serve a third term. Told people they’d “never need to vote again.” He fully plans on being President untill he dies.
  Hell, his official website is selling Trump 2028 merch.
  
  Look at the Atlantic interview.
  "I would never, ever consider running again, I'm against it, I don't even want to talk about it, it's a boundary too far, stop asking."
  "However I do have people shouting in my face that I must."
  
  Yeeee-up.
- He fully plans on being President untill he dies.
  Tbh, I really hope he got this for him.

this is the local representation hiding behind the orange dictators apron strings. they refuse to meet with their consituents to answer to their actions (or lack thereof), so theyre attempting to appeal to the hyper-maga crowd who are so brainwashed by fox news they believe this shit.

This is why. Republicans in Congress are planning to take "at least" $880 Billion over ten years out of Medicare and Medicaid to pay for extending tax cuts for the wealthy. There are also ads in the opposite direction raising alarm about this. They say they'll make the cuts without reducing benefits, and by that they generally mean they're going to pay doctors even less for caring for those patients.
The Coalition to Strengthen Healthcare has some resources to facilitate grass roots advocacy if you're interested!

This has ALWAYS been a key feature of fascist regimes throughout history: operating as if you're always running for election. Mussolini and Hitler both continued to hold big rallies even after they'd officially suspended voting. It's a big part of how they keep their base engaged.

That or they are going to cut Medicare and then blame it on the democrats, and people will believe it because they saw the commercial.

All of the above

Because he is going to run for a third term and they're expecting to lose with the current momentum.

They run TV ads in California where Kristi Noem talks about how great Trump is for deporting all of these people and how secure America is. Then pictures of CECOT prisoners arranged in little squares surrounded by guards proudly posed. It’s so odd.

He is a Narcissist. He needs to be loved, that's why he thrives in his role of Almighty President-King.
Polls are showing that he isn't, so he pushes ads here and tries to buy love there.

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