What is the full text of Donald Trump’s May 1, 1989 full‑page ad and where can a scanned image be viewed?
Executive summary
On May 1, 1989 Donald J. Trump purchased full‑page advertisements in four New York newspapers that declared a hardline response to the Central Park assault case; the complete ad text is archived in contemporary transcripts and repositories [1] [2]. Scanned images of the original print ads can be viewed online at the Internet Archive and at DocumentCloud (Newsday scan), and multiple fact‑checking outlets and transcript databases have reproduced the ad text [3] [4] [5].
1. What the 1989 full‑page ad said (full text reproduced from contemporary transcripts)
“This was a full page advertisement purchase by Donald Trump for publication on May 1, 1989. He purchased the advertising space in The New York Times, The Daily News, The New York Post and New York Newsday. I am writing to you because I want to hate these muggers and murderers. Mayor Koch has stated that hate and rancor should be removed from our hearts. I do not think so. I want to hate these muggers and murderers. They should be forced to suffer and, when they kill, they should be executed for their crimes