Trump news - live: President’s approval rating slides further, amid scaremongering about migrants and hurricane victims in wild rally speech
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Trump news - live: President’s approval rating slides further, amid scaremongering about migrants and hurricane victims in wild rally speech
Joe Sommerlad, The Independent 1 hour 53 minutes ago
Donald Trump 's approval rating has fallen to 38 per cent, down six points on his July career-best according to a new ABC News/ Washington Post , as concerns over the fate of the American economy linger.
The president held his latest “Keep America Great” rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina , on Monday night, attacking the “America-hating left”, scaremongering about the release of “horrible, hardened criminals” in sanctuary cities and saying he rolled back energy efficiency standards for lightbulbs because: “I look better under incandescent light”.
On another wild evening before a crowd of his most feverish supporters, Mr Trump also made an false claim about voter fraud in California and took sole credit for the US being awarded the 2026 FIFA World Cup and joked about serving a third term in order to be in office when the tournament gets underway.
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He doesn't "look" good in any light.
That North Carolina rally was as bizarre as his others.
"North Carolina will truly recover so fast. I know you people so well. Let's not even talk about it. Let's not even talk about it."
After his Alabama gaffe, no wonder - but seriously. He doesn't even want to talk about it, and instead of talking about it while they were in danger, he was whining about being caught in his lie, and doubling down on it.
They'll say, you know, George Washington had a great election, too. The fake news, right? The fake news."
Honestly, how can anyone be this stupid?
"I was even (ready) to stand out in the rain and get my hair soaking wet, but they said it was a little bit out of your district."
It didn't rain. At all. But then, telling the truth about the weather is not Trump's strong point.
"But it's my hair. May not be great, but I will say it's better than most of my friends who are the same age. A lot better. A lot."
Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.
Factor in that he invited the Taliban here for a meeting close to the anniversary of 9/11, I am surprised that he has any rating at all.
"ABC/Washington Post Poll was the worst and most inaccurate poll of any taken prior to the 2016 Election. When my lawyers protested, they took a 12 point down and brought it to almost even by Election Day. It was a Fake Poll by two very bad and dangerous media outlets. Sad!".......Donald Trump Tweet
Did he happen to throw out that he also lies 4,000 times a year?
I've considering getting a pool together to see how many lies he will have told by the time he leaves office
Las Vegas probably is doing just that. LV will set up betting on almost everything.
Well, he is on pace to hit 16,000 lies by the end of this term..
Trump has no comedic timing, at all. He would never even dare to be self depreciating to get a laugh. While we do not elect presidents for their sense of humor, having one is appreciated. It shows they are human just like anyone else. GWB was a horrible president, but he had a sense of humor too. Raygun? Had a sense of Humor. Clinton had a sense of humor but like trump, was terrible at his delivery. GHWB? Stuffy old school republican, not much of a sense of humor, but as a Democrat, I stand by what I have said in the past, he was a good president. Obama? Most historians have him in the top 15 best presidents in history, but he also has a gift for comedy.
Trump has no sense of humor, but that doesn't stop his idolators from pretending all his fuckups are deliberate jokes.
They have to keep pretending because the alternative is too awful to bear
They laugh so they won't get fired.
The man has great comedic timing and is funny.
Yeah I especially liked when he said Trump would never be President and did the mic drop and all the liberal sheep thought that was so cool. Do you remember that? That was great.
Was the "mic drop" really all about Trump? ABC News didn't report that.
Oh sorry, that must have been "fake news".
Was that the wrong "mic drop"?
Here's another (that isn't about Trump):
My bad it was a phone, doesn't change the facts...
Maybe if trump wants to try his hand at comedy, he could go to the correspondents dinner once a year? Oh that's right, trump can make fun of others, but his ego doesn't allow him to be made fun of. Never mind.
From this seed:
This proves that 38% of Americans are either racists or totally misguided.
Seeing as how The Independent is a blatantly progressive left leaning publication and so is the author of the article, it is really hard to give any real credence for fairness, balance, and objectivity unless the reader is a progressive leftist liberal themselves. It is also owned by a billionaire Russian oligarch in Moscow with very close ties to Vladimir Putin.
They reported that the Gallup polls most recent polling average had Trump at 39% approval with 57% disapproval. This is a drop from recent numbers as high as 46% back in April, just as they reported. You may not like their opinions or their take on what this recent drop means, but they weren't making up the facts they presented.
Be that as it may, I stopped believing in what political polls had to say quite a while ago. Sometimes they are spot on but largely they are off by a mile. Said polls regarding Hillary Clinton in the last presidential election are a prime example. Ultimate poll results are largely determined by the parties requesting the polls.
Wonder why they ignore this report - 50%, eh???
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-nine percent (49%) disapprove.
The latest figures include 35% who Strongly Approve of the job Trump is doing and 41% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -6.
So we should pay more attention to the one poll which shows him higher, than to the ten that show him lower?
lol
But - but - but John - you LOVE polls. Couple years ago, they were part of your mainstay in discussions. You should be thrilled.
I pay more attention to the ten polls than the one.
Trump is a KNOWN liar, crook, bigot and moron. Why do you defend him and support him?
There is only one poll that counts John and that comes on election day!
An average of all the polls, including rasmussen...
44.1%... He has only been as high as 46% ONCE.
99% of elected officials in DC fall under those categories, no matter what their political party affiliation.
Hyperbolic Much?
No, just fact.
If The Donald thinks he will lose the next election he may resort to drastic measures.