The Defeat Despair and Inspire Hope Campaign
In 2020, Donald Trump appointee Michael Caputo headed a $300 million public awareness advertising campaign telling the public to “defeat despair” and “inspire hope”.1) It is unclear what if any impact the campaign made, though the national mood was not good enough to get Trump re-elected.
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