Josh Hafner

USA TODAY

Donald Trump will air his first TV ads of the general election this weekend as Democrats zero in on his refusal to release tax returns. But first: Trump appeared naked, in statue form, in cities across America on Thursday.

It looked like this:

The statues appeared in cities across the United States, much to the glee of selfie takers in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland and Seattle. An anarchist group called Indecline took credit for them.

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Clinton ad calls out Trump for tax returns; ‘Donald Ducks’ stalks him over it

Clinton’s latest ad: A 30-second spot that pummels Trump for not releasing his tax returns.

“If I decide to run for office, I’ll produce my tax returns, absolutely,” Trump says in the ad. Then Trump claims his tax rate is “none of your business.”

Trump said he won’t release his tax returns while they’re under audit, despite no law preventing him from doing so. Clinton and her VP pick, Tim Kaine, dropped their returns last week.

Why no returns from Trump? In the ad, Mitt Romney ventures a guess: “Either he’s not anywhere near as wealthy as he says he is or there’s a bombshell in Donald Trump’s taxes.”

Meanwhile, the Democrat National Committee released multiple people in shoddy Donald Duck costumes to stalk Trump over his tax returns. The character, called “Donald Ducks,” will appear at the candidate’s events and, presumably, in Trump’s bathroom mirror at 3 a.m. It is creepy.

Trump trying out these things called ‘TV ads’

Trump has not aired any TV ads this general election. Not one. The Green Party’s candidate has outspent him on ads. And why would he? For much of his campaign, Trump has coasted on free wall-to-wall TV coverage to get his messages out. It worked great during the primary. Now? Not so much.

Trump’s down. Says who? Polls. Most of them. All of them. And now TV coverage ain’t cutting it.

“My rallies are not covered properly by the media,” he lamented on Twitter this week. “They never discuss the real message and never show crowd size or enthusiasm.”

So starting as early as today, Trump will air ads in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina—all states where he trails Clinton. He’ll likely run more ads in September.

Here’s hoping the new ads all tout the “time spent applauding” during his speeches.

Clinton Foundation seeks to ward off potential controversies

The Clinton Foundation will stop accepting money from overseas donors if Hillary Clinton becomes president, the Associated Press reported Thursday.

Clinton’s charitable foundation—the same one, emails show, that tried to influence a hiring in the State Department—has drawn increasing criticism from Republicans who say Clinton gave donors preferential treatment while secretary of state.

The foundation would stop taking corporate donations if Clinton wins, too. Bill Clinton reportedly announced the possible shifts to foundation staffers Thursday.

The same day, Reuters reported that the foundation hired a security firm to double check its data systems after signs that it had been hacked arose.

WikiLeaks, which last month dumped a trove of embarrassing emails hacked from Democrats, has promised to leak more documents ahead of the election. And those new items will contain information about the Clinton Foundation, founder Julian Assange has said.

More from the campaign trail

Clinton leads Trump by 4 percentage points in new Pew Poll (USA TODAY)

But they’re basically tied in Nevada, another poll found (USA TODAY)

Trump wants you to call him ‘Mr. Brexit,’ which sounds like a Bond villain (USA TODAY)

Ivanka Trump buys jewelry, funds donation to Clinton campaign (USA TODAY)

Meet Trump’s earliest supporter: a woodworker who told him to run in ‘87 (USA TODAY)

He saw her standing there: Paul McCartney meets Clinton

The greatest living Beatle met with Clinton Wednesday. For McCartney, it seems “To Know Her Is To Love Her” after the musician tweeted a photo with the candidate. Maybe Clinton asked for a donation, telling McCartney “You Never Give Me Your Money.” Regardless, Trump supporters who see the photo will surely scoff that another President Clinton would prove to be a “Fool On The Hill.”

OK, we’ll stop now.