The first paid television spot from the Trump campaign does an excellent job of summarizing his platform of racism at the federal level: non-white people are bad and should be kept out of America at all costs.

The 31-second spot breaks no new ground on policy, but provides a useful visual aid to go along with his verbal bigotry. Muslims look like this:

And Mexicans look like ants scurrying across the dirt:

According to the Washington Post, Trump will spend $2 million per week to spread this and other messages on TV.


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