Trump unveils first TV ad

Donald Trump unveiled his first television ad late Sunday evening, with a 30-second video that echoes his past radio spots from earlier in his campaign, repeating the provocative claims that have vaulted him into the lead of national polls.

The ad, first reported by The Washington Post, will air in Iowa and New Hampshire in the run-up to next month's caucus and primary.


"The politicians can pretend it's something else, but Donald Trump calls it radical Islamic terrorism," a male narrator intones, as a photo of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama fades into the photographs of the two San Bernardino terrorists. "That's why he's calling for a temporary shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until we can figure out what's going on."

One of the San Bernardino shooters, Syed Farook, was born in the United States.

"He'll quickly cut the head off ISIS and take their oil," the voiceover continues. "And he'll stop illegal immigration by building a wall on our southern border that Mexico will pay for."

The spot concludes with a short clip of Trump at a rally repeating his campaign slogan, "We will make America great again."

Trump last week vowed to spend at least $2 million per week on advertisements, saying that his campaign is at least $35 million below what he expected to have spent by now.

In his first radio ads unveiled last November, Trump also vowed to "quickly cut the head off of ISIS" and to protect Israel. Those ads also focused on his negotiating skills with trade deals, his willingness to protect the Second Amendment and religious liberties and pitching his idea for a replacement for Obamacare.