Donald Trump, the republican presidential front-runner, who has remained atop the polls despite little advertising, is now out with the first TV ad of his campaign, a 30-second spot that doubles down on some of his more controversial proposals, including one to temporarily bar all Muslims from entering the U.S.
Trump’s campaign said that, the “Great Again” spot will begin airing from today in the early states of Iowa and New Hampshire, with a $1.1 million-a-week buy in Iowa and close to $1 million in New Hampshire.
The ad comes less than a month before the first voters head to the caucuses in Iowa and as Trump increasingly feels competition in the state from a surging Sen. Ted Cruz. He assured to spend a lot of amount in the early states. The insiders say that, he got prepared to spend at least $2 million a week.
In a statement, Trump further said, “I am leading in every poll by wide, double-digit margins and cited tremendous crowds and incredible support from all over the country.”
“My campaign had spent the least amount of money, but had the best results, and this is the kind of thinking the country needs. I am very proud of this ad, I don’t know if I need it, but I don’t want to take any chances because if I win we are going to Make America Great Again,” Trump added.
The advertisement spots Trump in the opening, followed by an ominous picture of U.S. President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, centres on Trump’s call for a bar on Muslims in the wake of the San Bernardino, Calif., shootings and promises that he’ll “cut the head off ISIS and take their oil” and build a wall at the southern border “that Mexico will pay for.”
The video footage of Trump announcing his proposal to bar Muslims, surfaced last week in a recruitment video, created by the Al Qaeda-affiliated militant group, Al Shabab. On the other hand, Trump strictly said that he had no plans to change course.
“What am I going to do? I have to say what I have to say,” he told CBS’ Face the Nation. “And you (know) what I have to say? There’s a problem. We have to find out what is a problem. And we have to solve that problem.”
Clinton had earlier claimed that, Trump had been used in a recruitment video for the Islamic State, but the news organizations found no evidence for that claim.
Earlier, Trump has run radio ads in the first three primary states and the campaign says, those will continue with a new radio ad this week featuring Kathryn Gates-Skipper, the first female Marine to serve in combat operations.
By Phani Ch
