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Summary

Donald Trump falsely claimed he had approval ratings of 69% and 71%, despite no public poll supporting those figures.

Recent surveys from Pew, Quinnipiac, Gallup, and others place his approval below 50%, with some showing him underwater.

Trump has a history of dismissing unfavorable polls as “fake” and even sued a news organization over poll results.

Experts suggest his political success relies on maintaining the illusion of widespread support despite declining approval ratings.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 108 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We've passed the point months, years ago ...

The idiot is not Turnip .... America is the collective idiot that puts up with all this shit and accepts it

I no longer think of him as dumb ... I think of the entire US government and its people as collectively stupid for making all this possible.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 51 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

https://archive.is/7NT83

September 6, 2003

Nearing the second anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, seven in 10 Americans continue to believe that Iraq's Saddam Hussein had a role in the attacks, even though the Bush administration and congressional investigators say they have no evidence of this.

Sixty-nine percent of Americans said they thought it at least likely that Hussein was involved in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, according to the latest Washington Post poll. That impression, which exists despite the fact that the hijackers were mostly Saudi nationals acting for al Qaeda, is broadly shared by Democrats, Republicans and independents.

US citizens are and have been fucking stupid. They don't even need propaganda to believe stupid shit.

[–] joekar1990@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Half the country has about a sixth grade reading comprehension level...so you definitely aren't wrong.

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Dismantling public education has been deliberate, so has the expansion of right-wing propaganda to all forms of media. Both are done at the behest of capital owners to divide the working class

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

You think there wasn’t propaganda pushing that view?

[–] Carvex@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago

What a fucking man-child

[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’d be surprised if he has that approval rating in his own family.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

There were a lot of insider stories after the apprentice TV show wrapped. Apparently, Ivanka and Don2 are not very nice to him or about him.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I mean, there's a solid chance his handlers are just giving him fake poll numbers and shit to keep him busy anyway. He's a fucking toddler, this dude isn't reading the news. He gets a piece of paper that says "EVERYONE LOVES YOU, 89% APPROVAL" along with another Photoshop of him on some magazine every morning to make him feel like a big boy.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He is not just a toddler, he almost definitely has dementia and likely is also abusing some sort of stimulant.

https://jmp.sh/s/9jyaWJXAEgkpsBFeEKmE

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Have you ever seen the Reagan lights out video?

He's asked a question and they turn out the lights, turn off his mic and he spontaneously utters "my handlers told me not to answer that". He's Regan just with yes men that egg on the dementia rambles as genius 4d chess you need to be in the know to understand.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, and I can't seem to find it. Got a source?

[–] uienia@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

He is pathological narcissist liar, and has always been so. He doesn't need handlers to give him fake poll numbers. He will happily create them on the spot.

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

tldr: He lies.

[–] Tezzerets_Tea_Time@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

This just in: fascist dictator wannabe lies with reckless abandon.

[–] twjolson@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Imagine how stupid and unimaginative you'd have to create your own approval rating and go with a number as low as 70%.

Aim higher Donny, aim higher.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Guy has the most fragile ego on the planet.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

It's a toss-up between him and President Musk.

[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why is this surprising? Everything he says is "people say", "they say", "polls say", etc without ever specifying who these "people" are.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Well, these people do have different voices, and he can hear them all the time - he just doesn't know that it's his thoughts, cause he's to fucking dumb to realise it.

[–] breakingcups@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'll say that, at this point, you can't even blame that fucking asshole. You can blame partisan media for not fact-checking this basic shit and having their dipshit viewers lap it up. It's broken beyond repair.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Oh, there is more than enough blame to go around.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Wasn't Obama's inauguration crowd bigger than both of his, combined?

[–] Embargo@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I heard the actual approval rating was closer to 420%.

[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 months ago

Pretty sure that's what Musk thinks his is.

[–] ShadowRam@fedia.io 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I heard he shot 38 under, including 11 holes-in-one, at a 7,700-yard championship course

[–] bufalo1973@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] ShadowRam@fedia.io 3 points 3 months ago

¯\(ツ)

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Ministry of TruthSocial*

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

Oh yeah? Well MY approval rating is a gazillion percent!

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

To be fair, Elon has been 69-ing him

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Sounds like something he would do.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Oh that's not the approval rating of Americans, that's the approval rating between the people licking Trump's asshole right now.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Well I mean, he probably says he has a 13" wang too.