Dangerous.

You keep waiting for the creative arm of the Trump campaign to show some muscle. Pundits keep saying the campaign is early — don’t get impatient. You don’t buy it. The Clinton campaign is hammering Trump with effective TV ads aimed at ignorant, gullible people — the same kind of propaganda used by every dictator since the beginning of civilization. The ads work. One ad shows innocent children with sad eyes while Trump says something audacious. The theme of the ad campaign is “Trump’s too dangerous, too unpredictable to be President.” With these ads, Hillary is throwing Trump a giant softball to hit out of the park, but nobody’s even standing at the plate with a bat. What you hear from Trump are seemingly off-the-cuff “comments” — comments the media gleefully attacks, “proving” that he’s impulsive, mean spirited and unhinged. The pattern is eerily familiar. You remember the inept campaign of one Mitt Romney — a campaign so dreadful that you and millions of other dumb Americans knew it would implode. You understand politicians don’t want or need advice from the rank and file. They don’t want your opinion. They have your name because you get mail. Your name is on the envelope and in your inbox. They communicate with you for one reason only — they want your money. They invite you to events for one reason only — they want your money. If you pony up enough money, some local bundler will put your name on the A mailing list. Not wanting to be ungenerous, in lieu of hard cash, you graciously decide to give Mr. Trump six figures worth of advice:

1. The Media is not your friend; therefore if you say something, it can’t be ambiguous. Speak factually. Jettison personal insults. You can be tough and presidential.

2. You should prepare specific messages aimed directly at specific audiences — African American, Hispanic, Women, etc. Do not assume Hillary has them locked up.

2. Produce a series of TV ads with you as the talent. Just you. Sober. Friendly. Behind your desk. Outdoors. Maybe in front of the Washington Monument or Lincoln Memorial. Deliver statements on foreign policy, domestic policy, etc.

3. The first message:

My fellow Americans, you’ve seen and heard political ads that essentially accuse me of being a bad guy. Hillary Clinton says I have no leadership ability — that I can’t be trusted — that I’m dangerous. I respectfully ask you to consider this:

I was not in power and responsible for the rise of ISIS and international terrorism —  for the beheadings, mutilations, for the torturing and killing of thousands. Hillary Clinton was.

I was not in power and not in charge when our embassy in Benghazi burned and four Americans were abandoned to die needlessly by our State Department. Hillary was.

I was not in power to illegally set up a personal computer server, risking national security and the lives of US agents at home and abroad; and I didn’t lie to the FBI and Congress. Hilary was and did.

I was not in power to receive tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments seeking my favor. Hillary was.

I was not in power to get $250,000 per speech before major wall street corporations and then refuse to let the media have those speeches. Hillary was.

Very often guilty people accuse others to distract attention from themselves. Well, I agree we do live in dangerous times. That’s precisely the only reason I’m running for President. The people who were in charge brought us to this dangerous time. Hillary Clinton was one of those people. We can —  we must — do much, much better. We can be great again. God bless America.

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