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Foreign Policy
This page ran 77 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 1 May 2026 and 25 October 2026. Meta reports $1.2–8.8K of spend, which makes it the 6,512th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Media. Most of its spend took no side. Race: No specific race. Paid for by FOREIGN POLICY.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026. · Every ad of this page in Meta’s Ad Library ↗
77
ads
$5K
reported spend, range $1.2–8.8K
0.0%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 77 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Donald Trump$1.1K
- Washington$697
- Trump administration$199
- this White House$149
- the second Trump administration$149
- The U.S. president$99
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: No specific race 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
A war of choice has turned into a strategic disaster for Washington. Read More
21 August 2026 · Foreign Policy · $300 – $399 · 20K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
The secretary of defense is now the most influential senior official in the Trump administration.
10 October 2026 · Foreign Policy · $200 – $299 · 20K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Trump’s bad bargains have shaken a complacent continent.
8 September 2026 · Foreign Policy · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
What do export controls between Washington and Beijing have in common with the Houthis’ ability to disrupt shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb? Both represent the embrace of chokepoints as an economic weapon. So, what tools are in this new arsenal? How are they enforced? And how will they change the global economy? Edward Fishman deployed these very tools during his time serving in the U.S. Defense, State, and Treasury Departments. In Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare, h
28 July 2026 · Foreign Policy · $100 – $199 · 7K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election victory, the United States’ European allies were initially ready to bend to Trump’s will and accept his unique style of global leadership. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer rushed to the White House, where he offered Trump an unprecedented second state visit on behalf of King Charles III, knowing the U.S. president is a sucker for monarchist glitz and glamor. Other leaders followed Starmer’s example, including NATO head Mark Rutte,
17 June 2026 · Foreign Policy · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Is the United States acting like a rogue state? Stephen Walt, a Harvard University professor and FP columnist, has been making the case that the Trump administration is showing all the qualities that we once associated with Iran or North Korea. How damaging will this prove to be for Washington’s reputation, and what can countries do to navigate a United States that has abandoned the pursuit of soft power?
1 May 2026 · Foreign Policy · $100 – $199 · 9K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Figures cover domestic political ads paid in dollars, from 4 May 2026. Spend is the sum of Meta’s range midpoints; impressions above one million are reported as “1M+”, so impression figures are floors. Each ad counts in the week its delivery started, with its lifetime spend at our last pull; ads still running before the vote are counted as of 31 October 2026.
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