It labels the media as “enemies” of the president.
A day after President Trump urged Americans to “come together with love for our nation” in the wake of deadly violence at a white nationalist rally in Virginia, the White House released a (very early) re-election ad that labeled Democrats and journalists “enemies” and accused them of obstructing his political agenda.
The ad, a 30-second spot that seemed squarely aimed at Trump’s shrinking base, shows Democrats like Senators Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren, followed by an array of media figures, as a narrator intones: “Democrats obstructing. The media attacking our president. Career politicians standing in the way of success.”
“But President Trump’s plan is working, ” the narrator says, before pivoting to rosy unemployment figures, record-high stock market numbers, and military readiness.
“The president’s enemies don’ t want him to succeed, ” the narrator continues over a split-screen of television personalities like CNN’s Brian Stelter and MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. “But Americans are saying ‘Let the president do his job.’ ”
The commercial’s timing was striking on two fronts: that it comes more than three years before the next presidential race, and that the White House chose to go ahead with it just hours after one of the most fraught days of Trump’s presidency, when his failure to condemn white nationalists over the violence in Charlottesville drew widespread condemnation from Democrats and Republicans alike .
