“The future we’re fighting for is not guaranteed,” the narrator says at the close of the ad as a message appears on the screen saying, “Things are getter better. We can’t go back.”

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The negative news reports highlighted from President Barack Obama’s tenure appear to come from early in his first term; the economy improved significantly as the recession ended. One clip, for instance, refers to a rising unemployment rate in January 2010. After that point, the rate dropped consistently for the remainder of Obama’s tenure.

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The ad — described by Trump’s campaign as his “closing sale to the American people” — makes no mention of immigration, an issue that Trump has been highlighting in rallies as he campaigns for members of Congress on the ballot, or of the recent Supreme Court confirmation of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, a key achievement for Trump.

Brad Parscale, Trump’s campaign manager, was asked during a television interview Monday why the president — who has told supporters “you’re voting for me” next week — does not appear in the ad.

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“This is about holding the House and growing our lead in the Senate,” Parscale said on “CBS This Morning.” “The president’s not on the ballot, but this is about his agenda, and it’s about the America First agenda and what he’s accomplished in two years.”

Explaining the focus on the economy, Parscale said, “It’s difficult in 60 seconds to put every message out there.”

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He said the ad is not aimed so much at Trump’s base as it is more casual viewers of the news who need reminding that “things are getting better.”

In a separate interview Monday, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said that Trump plans to stage as many as a dozen more rallies in advance of the Nov. 6 elections.

“He’s going to leave it all on the field, run through the tape,” Conway said on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends.”

Conway also denied reports that Trump has given up on the House, where Democrats are better positioned to retake control.