'Delusional' Trump Openly Mocked As His Newest Boast Backfires Spectacularly
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The president's critics fired back after an unrealistic claim about his approval rating.
President Donald Trump’s honeymoon period in the polls seems to be over ― but he thinks he’s more popular than ever.
“I had an approval rating today of 71 and another one of 69,” Trump bragged at the Republican governors dinner in Washington on Thursday. “I have not heard of those numbers before.”
None of the pollsters tracked by either RealClearPolitics or FiveThirtyEight show him with anything close to that. And while his poll numbers were largely positive when he first took office last month, they’ve largely fallen since, with six of the last 10 on both websites showing him now underwater.
Gallup this week found him with a 45% approval rating, compared to 51% who disapprove. CNN has him at 47-52, The Washington Post/Ipsos at 45-53 and Reuters at 44-51.
Trump’s critics on social media were quick to point that out to him:
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The president's critics fired back after an unrealistic claim about his approval rating.
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