President Donald Trump does not take threats to his public image well, at all. Although there are many, many polls that have come out indicating that his campaign is struggling to catch up to Democratic presidential pick Joe Biden in areas around the country, Trump rushed to Twitter on Monday to tout a poll that came out from the conservative-leaning Rasmussen Reports that indicated that 51 percent of respondents said they approved of the job Trump is doing in office. The poll is an outlier. According to RealClearPolitics, the average portion of respondents who approve of Trump is just 45.1 percent as of Monday afternoon.
It’s worth noting — Trump also touted recent gains in value at the stock market, which he has done ad nauseum in the past, but those gains mean nothing for unemployed Americans who don’t have stock investments. They just don’t.
Great, Just Out! 51% Approval Rating in Rasmussen Poll. 95% in Republican Party. Stock Market up BIG today. Will I ever be given credit for the Markets and Economy? Next year will be BIG!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 14, 2020
On Monday, while Americans continue to grapple with actual real-world problems like the Coronavirus pandemic and the associated economic meltdown, Trump also rushed to Twitter to complain about the conservative news website operator Matt Drudge, who’s run some anti-Trump-leaning material recently. Trump claimed that the website is “down 51%,” but it’s unclear what he is talking about. After one occasion when Trump claimed that Drudge’s website traffic was sinking, he corrected Trump on the record, telling CNN’s Oliver Darcy that he was “actually experiencing record traffic” at the time.
Fact check: @DRUDGE strongly supported Trump in 2016, not only in the general but also in the Republican primaries.
And the last time Trump knocked Drudge's web traffic, Drudge went on record & told me his site was actually experiencing record traffic. https://t.co/MVVXX4rOUq https://t.co/oFrInUtRav
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) September 1, 2020
On Monday, Trump also de facto fawned over murderous dictators — again. He claimed that he “didn’t even know there would be a question” about his claim that Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un are more mentally agile than Democratic presidential pick Joe Biden. Trump’s claim, of course, is documentable nonsense. He sounds like he’s simply saying just about whatever comes to mind that he thinks he can get away with in an attempt to rile up his base.
ABC’s Trump In Trouble Poll Surveyed Just 533, Not Likely Voters, Asked Over 20% More Biden Supporters Than Conservatives https://t.co/dePnJdlEOf via @TheNatPulse Total Fake Poll. ABC is just like the rest of them!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 14, 2020
I didn’t know there would be even a question about this! https://t.co/QVZn2A7PYc
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 14, 2020
Trump was caught on tape by journalist Bob Woodward admitting to intentionally downplaying the Coronavirus all the way back in March. That’ll be his administration’s legacy.
Check out Twitter’s response to Trump’s nonsense below:
