Where's the Trump TV Ad Campaign?
I'm not seeing it. What I am seeing, and frequently, are the brilliant 30-second ads from the Clinton campaign that let Trump speak for himself. That series of ads is forever green, and can be used, in rotation, throughout the campaign. In each of them, Trump damns himself with his own words. No strategy for ads could be any better, in my opinion.
The bottom line is that Trump does not have a budget large enough to compete for the eyes of the major network TV-watching public. Clinton does have the funds. Trump, himself, has depressed donations from typical Republican PAC donors. They may be funding the RNCC to try to keep Republicans in their phony baloney House seats, but they aren't funding Trump's ads.
As the campaign proceeds, we'll see the Hillary ads, but rarely the Trump ones. We'll see Trump looking like a bully, saying incredibly stupid things and mocking people in Clinton's ads. That's how we'll see Trump on the major network news shows, through those outstanding Clinton ads.
It will have a marked effect. And that effect will grow as the campaign goes on. You'll see Clinton's ads in every battleground state and also in states that are in play for Congressional seats. They're running now, and will keep running. There's an endless supply of embarrassing, stupid Trump statements on video. They're rich fodder for a long, long series of ads on almost every subject.
Trump is going to defeat himself, with the Clinton campaign's help. There's going to be a depression in voter turnout, but it is going to be on the Republican side. More importantly, in many states the local Republican Party is out of money. That's true in Minnesota, I know. the MN GOP is almost bankrupt, and can't even fund ads for its own state and federal legislative races. the Democratic candidates in MN CD2 and CD3 are advertising heavily, with support from the MN DFL Party and the DCCC. Ads for their opponents are nowhere to be seen. Both of those districts can be flipped this year, and are likely to be, if Republicans stay home in November.
So, where are Trump's ads? They're nowhere. They're nonexistent in most markets. Trump is so screwed going forward. He'll be seen in ads, but they'll be Hillary's ads, where it will be seen as the doltish, orange-haired moron that he is.
Keep on truckin', Hillary. Just keep on truckin'!
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But I bet a lot of that money they raised last month has helped him increase his income through all kinds of shady accounting procedures. One thing for sure he is making money off of this campaign, and that we all know is the trump "bottom line", making money.
Paying for ads, or actually having people on the ground, would cost money, money he has plans for after he loses in November! 
