Trump administration begins airing 2024 Trump campaign ad in

Somewhere in the pile of manufactured indignation this week is a television ad. The Trump administration is airing a spot from the 2024 campaign on the taxpayers' dime, and the White House calls it a public service announcement. That last part is getting mocked. But here's the thing: they're not wrong. The ad is a plain recounting of what the president has done, aimed at people who aren't glued to cable news. That is about as public a service as Washington can offer these days.

The critics would rather you not see it. They'd prefer a country that only hears about crises and failures, because that's what wins them elections. But for the actual American family dealing with grocery prices and a secure border, knowing that the administration is fighting for the right things is useful. The same crowd that spent four years excusing Joe Biden's every stumble now pretends to be shocked that a president would want to show his work. They never applied that rule to their own presidents. The Obama administration used every federal resource to push its agenda. The Biden White House turned official press accounts into campaign platforms. Now a Republican does it, and suddenly it's a constitutional crisis.

It isn't. It's a few minutes of ad time. And if the left's biggest complaint is that Trump is using his platform to speak directly to Americans, then we're in better shape than they want us to believe. We can live with that hypocrisy. The only real outrage here is that it took them this long to find something to pretend to care about.