Donald Trump Releases First TV Ad: Low-Budget, Classless, Forgets To Post It To YouTube, Twitter

Just like his campaign and his “policies” Trump’s first TV ad is devoid of reality

Donald Trump has gotten by on the free advertising given to him by all the TV networks, including MSNBC, which regularly air his stump speeches and rallies live, unedited, even when there’s nothing new in them. But now the GOP frontrunner, one month before the vital Iowa caucuses, has released his first TV ad.

It’s perhaps not what you’d expect from a multi-billionaire who’s self-funding his campaign. It’s low-budget, classless, and devoid of any new ideas, and reality. 

It’s also not currently on YouTube, Twitter, or Facebook, which, given the candidate’s social media obsession, is stunning.

Here’s how the Washington Post’s Robert Costa and Philip Rucker, who first reported the ad’s release Sunday night, describe it:

Donald Trump’s ad begins with a shot of President Obama and Hillary Clinton. Then comes a U.S. battleship launching a cruise-missile strike. From there it moves swiftly through an explosive montage: The suspects in the recent California terrorist attack. Shadowy figures racing across the U.S.-Mexico border. Islamic State militants.

The narrator, a deep-voiced man, speaks ominously: “That’s why he’s calling for a temporary shutdown of Muslims entering the United States, until we can figure out what’s going on. He’ll quickly cut the head off ISIS and take their oil. And he’ll stop illegal immigration by building a wall on our southern border that Mexico will pay for.”

The spot closes with the image of Trump thundering at one of his rallies, “We will make America great again!”

Trump told the Post, “I love the feel of it.”

Not surprising.

He also told the Post, “The world is laughing at us, at our stupidity,” he said. “It’s got to stop. We’ve got to get smart fast — or else we won’t have a country.”

Despite that claim, Trump’s own campaign website still has only five policy positions.

We’d include the video for you to watch, but since the Trump campaign didn’t post it on social media or even make it embeddable, you’ll have to visit his campaign website to see it.

Some responses via Twitter:

 

 

Image: Screenshot via Donald J. Trump for President