On Monday Donald Trump released the first television advertisement of his presidential campaign, part of his 2016 vow to spend at least $2 million on ads every week. The 30-second ad, set to start airing in Iowa and New Hampshire Tuesday, kicks off with digs at Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and quickly moves into immigration and ISIS. "He'll quickly cut the head off ISIS and take their oil," the ad says, reiterating Trump's plans for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S. "until we can figure out what's going on." And "he’ll stop illegal immigration by building a wall on our southern border that Mexico will pay for," the commercial says.
Trump says he currently has "six to eight ads in production and that his was a 'major buy and it's going to go on for months,'" The Washington Post reports. The Post reports that until now, Trump had only purchased radio spots. "But I don't want to take any chances," Trump said, "and I almost felt guilty not spending money."
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