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A new advert which uses Donald Trump's own words about the coronavirus outbreak has angered the president's campaign team so much that they are trying to get it banned.

The ad, which has been made by anti-Trump super PAC called Priorities USA focuses on how slowly the president reacted to the pandemic and the number of lives they believe he has put at risk due to his own negligence.

The 30-second advert features a simple graph which starts on January 20 and slowly shows how many confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the US since then, soundtracked by a series of Trump quotes, claiming that his administration has everything under control and that the crisis would be over shortly.

Trump refused to take the threat of the coronavirus seriously, now he won’t take responsibility as his administration has been totally unprepared for this crisis. pic.twitter.com/Jdh1GY9HHS — Priorities USA (@prioritiesUSA) March 23, 2020

Of course, this hasn't been the case at all and the US now has more than 54,000 cases since the virus arrived in the country, leaving Trump with easily the biggest domestic test of his entire presidency.

This scathing new advert, which was released on Monday, has now been viewed more than 4 million times on Twitter and shared by a number high profile accounts.

Donald Trump issued a cease and desist letter to try to stop this ad from airing because he doesn’t want Americans to know the truth. You can make sure everyone sees it! RT the ad and make a contribution at https://t.co/BDmXL0iPhS to keep it on the air. https://t.co/MyVdpbiliy — Guy Cecil (@guycecil) March 25, 2020

The Trump campaign issued a cease & desist on this ad. Watch it and you'll see why. https://t.co/ZBfWDQEGta — Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) March 26, 2020

Apparently Trump REALLY doesn't want you to see this ad. He's suing to have it pulled, so you might want to look at it now and share it with everyone else. https://t.co/4tJuEotGao — Peter Gleick (@PeterGleick) March 26, 2020

President Trump is suing to take down this commercial, because it is too darn compelling. https://t.co/0aKGfndjHg — David Rothschild (@DavMicRot) March 26, 2020

This is the ad that Trump is going to court to try and stop networks from airing. Whatever you do, please do not watch it and then share it! https://t.co/zAPX92u0CB — David Mandel (@DavidHMandel) March 26, 2020

As you can see, Trump and his team are pretty irate about this advert and are trying to sue the makers and get it taken off the airwaves.

In a letter to TV stations, which can be read here, claims the ad is 'false, misleading and deceptive' and that it:

Stitched together fragments from multiple speeches by President Trump to fraudulently and maliciously imply that President Trump called the coronavirus outbreak a ‘hoax.’

They also take umbrage with the use of the word, which Trump has been using in reference to the Democrats response to the virus but not specifically Covid-19. However, doesn't explicitly make out that Trump was calling it a hoax either but just uses the quote: "This is their new hoax."

It seems the campaign's attempts to quash the advert will backfire as more and more people are now likely to see it, especially as Josh Schwerin, the senior strategist and communications director for Priorities USA, wants to "make sure as many people see the ad as possible."

The Trump campaign is trying to bully TV stations into taking our ad down. They are not going to be successful because it is literally Trump in his own words. Let’s make sure as many people as possible see this ad. https://t.co/XgPzHKld4m — Josh Schwerin (@JoshSchwerin) March 25, 2020

The United States has now recorded more than 1,000 coronavirus related deaths. As recently as Tuesday, the president indicated that social distancing could end very soon and hopes to have people in 'packed' churches by Easter Sunday.