Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump released a series of new radio advertisements Wednesday doubling down on his pledge to intensify America’s bombing campaign against the Islamic State, as president, and avoid pandering to special interests during the presidential campaign.
The four newest ads are set to air in the three earliest voting states — Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina — and come less than two weeks after the Republican hopeful launched the first couple ads of his $300,000 media buy in early November. Two of Trump’s four newest ads are narrated by campaign staffers Sam Clovis and Louis Buck. Clovis is co-chair of the billionaire’s national campaign operation while Buck is a New Hampshire voter and Trump supporter.
“With recent events putting an added emphasis on illegal immigration, homeland security, strengthening our military, and defeating ISIS, which have been cornerstones of Mr. Trump’s campaign since its inception, the ads highlight his vision, leadership and competency,” Trump’s campaign said in a statement Wednesday.
The first in the series of ads, titled “Dangerous,” features Trump’s response to the recent terror attacks in Paris, France and his promise to keep America safe.
“The tragic attacks in Paris prove once again that America needs to get tough on radical Islamic terrorism. President Obama and other politicians have consistently failed us,” Trump says in the ad.
“Just hours before the attacks in Paris, President Obama said ISIS has been contained. It’s amazing that the U.S. can have a president who is so out of touch,” he adds.
After promising to end illegal immigration, the issue at the center of his campaign, Trump says he will also “quickly and decisively bomb the hell out of ISIS.”
Another ad, titled “Produce” and narrated by the real estate mogul himself, highlights his positions on campaign finance, taxes, trade and national security. The ad includes Trump’s familiar promise to “build a wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border and refuse substantial campaign donations from influential individuals and special interest groups.
“I’m the only candidate running who can’t be bought. I’ll do what politicians won’t — I’ll produce,” he says.
In her ad, paid for by Trump’s campaign, Buck tells fellow voters in the Granite State that she backs Trump because he’s “the only non-politician running for president who has experience negotiating and creating jobs all over the world.”
“I believe Trump is the only candidate that is tough enough to make new trade deals with China, Japan and Mexico … He may not always be politically correct, but he will keep us safe from terrorism. And that’s important to me and my family, and hopefully to you,” she says, in an ad that sounds scripted by the campaign itself.
In addition to airing them in early voting states, Trump published each of the minute-long ads on his campaign’s website. The leading GOP candidate is fourth in the Washington Examiner’s presidential power rankings.
