“Why the need for this ad?”
The ad was bait; FAKE NEWS snapped at it. Now the ads will play for free all over the WWW.
Exactly! I just posted, he is a genius! Now the controversy will draw attention to the ad, resulting in more views, free of charge to him...
He is a real genius puppet master.
We are going to have to carve some more rock for President Reagan and President Trump. (IIRC, President Reagan wanted Donald to run for president some day.)