Trump's Tenuous Relationship to Reality
By: dianeravitch (Diane Ravitchs blog)
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By dianeravitch March 27, 2026 // 1
Brian Stelter writes "Reliable Sources" for CNN. He is a reliable source himself.
In the second part of the article, watch Trump's response to a question he doesn't want to answer. Trump is predictable: he says "I hadn't heard about that" or he changes the subject. In this case, he changes the subject or pretends he didn't hear the question.
He wrote today:
Trump vs. Fox polls
Every so often, an hour of television showcases President Trump's reliance on "alternative facts" and his supporters' reluctance to tell him the truth.
Fox's "The Five" was that hour of TV yesterday. Trump called into the show and claimed that real polls about his meager approval rating are "fake." He said that liberal co-host Jessica Tarlov, who was absent from the segment, "uses fake numbers. She'll give, 'Well, he's only polling 42%.' That's not right. I'm polling very high, actually."
That was at 5:29 p.m. At 6 p.m., Fox released a new national poll showing Trump's approval rating stands at 41%.
"That's down two points from a month ago and eight points from a year ago," Jacqui Heinrich said on "Special Report."
Of course, many Fox fans trust Trump over Fox's reporters and pollsters. And Trump has a long history of attacking the Fox polling unit and denying statistical reality. When he complained yesterday about real polls — "I hate people that use fake polls because polls are just like bad journalists. You know, bad journalists, they write fake stories, well, fake polls do damage also" — no one on "The Five" interjected.
Too bad Tarlov wasn't there. "Was so bummed to miss the show today!" she wrote on X. "But I definitely would've said he's even inflating his numbers to 42%!"
When Bret Baier asked House Speaker Mike Johnson about the poll's findings, Baier said, "The president doesn't love Fox News polls, but these polls track with others." He showed this graphic and said the "tough numbers" are "real," and Johnson concurred, "They're real."
Another peculiar moment from 'The Five' chat…
What the president believes — and where he gets his information, even about his popularity — has heightened relevance in wartime. Wednesday's NBC Newsstory about Trump watching a rah-rah daily video montage about the Iran war is continuing to get picked up for that reason. NBC said the highlight reel has raised concerns among allies "that he may not be receiving the complete picture of the war."
I thought "Pod Save America" co-host Tommy Vietor was joking when he summed up another moment from "The Five" this way: "Dana Perino asks Trump how the Iranian people are doing in the midst of this horrible war. He responds that he remembers having lunch with Dana years ago, and piothat she looks hotter now."
But Vietor was simply summarizing what actually happened. Perino asked, "Do they have drinking water? Do they have food? It's upsetting."
Trump said, "I do" have insight about that, "but first, do you remember when we had lunch years ago in the base of Trump Tower… You haven't changed. You have not changed. Now, I'm not allowed to say this, it's the end of my political career, but you may be even better looking [now], okay. I don't know what you're doing…"
Trump did not circle back to Perino's humanitarian concerns. But he did invoke gruesome scenes of Iranian protesters being "women being shot right between the eyes" and people "bleeding from the brain badly." Then he somehow came back around to Fox and started complimenting "Fox & Friends"and Maria Bartiromo.
"You have so many great people," he exclaimed. "A couple of bad ones, but you can't have everything."
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According to this article Fox News Dana Perrino asked Trump about the suffering of the Iranian people and Trump responded to that question by telling Perrino she looked hot.
He went full lecher on her from what I read
What would an immoral, psychopathic, malignant narcissist know about suffering or empathy? Trump talks about things he knows - trashy locker room talk and greed. He’s a worthless piece of shit supported by worthless pieces of shit.
Trump trying to hump Dana Perino's leg like a crazed chihuahua won't distract from the Iranian war or reassure foreign leaders. The situation is too serious for that carney barker trick to be effective.
He seems to get excited talking about graphic violence. He does it all the time.
He also considered nuking a hurricane, and asked why have nukes if we won’t use them. America elected a psychopath with a death wish. This administration is dangerously unequipped to run this country, and he just sits at the top, skimming billions through in-your-face grift while people die and suffer economically. There’s no better word for him than mobster. I think that was his life’s goal - to be the biggest mobster in US history.
you know that fat sack of shit is itching to push the button ...
If he targeted DC from Maralago with a sour grapes nuke, it wouldn’t be out of character.
the ultimate demolition device for a future site development project, if bibi can't persuade him to set one off first ...