President Donald Trump remains sharply focused on his public image and poll numbers amidst the continuing Coronavirus pandemic. This Saturday morning, he posted over 20 tweets and retweets and counting, including mockery of those within the Republican Party who have dared to disapprove of his job performance, as outlined in a recent poll. In response to one of his own posts from earlier in the week, which outlined supposed poll results including that 96 percent of the Republican Party supposedly approves of Trump, the president ranted that that leftover 4 percent included some “RINOs,” meaning “Republicans in name only.” In other words, the president sounds like a wannabe totalitarian trying to consolidate total control of his political party.
It’s as if opposing Trump is one of the worst insults that Trump thinks he can think of, and that’s not exactly a good sign for the future of the rule of law in the United States. As we await 2020 election results, it’s worth noting — it’s not even clear where Trump got the poll numbers that show him with the approval of 96 percent of the Republican Party. He did not cite a source, a problem which has plagued many of his strangely specific claims about his supposed popularity in the past.
Who are the 4%? A RINO or two! https://t.co/fYjnhC6rrl
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 23, 2020
Besides his complaints about opposition, Trump also ranted against “Sleepy Joe,” meaning presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Again in response to one of his own posts — why is he talking to himself? — Trump insisted that “Sleepy Joe” is who helped pave the way for his election in the first place via the supposed ineptitude of the Obama administration, in which he served as vice president.
Sleepy Joe cannot bring us to greatness. He is the reason I’m here! https://t.co/BD21ZWVdXB
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 23, 2020
The poll numbers Trump cited, however, don’t tell the story he thinks they do — although they show Trump in the lead in Pennsylvania, they show Biden leading in Michigan and Wisconsin. Trump won all three states in 2016.
Check out Twitter’s response below:
