One of the surest signs of mental illness is when someone incoherently repeats nonsense with no comprehensible purpose other than to make noise. Donald Trump has exhibited this behavior for months with his frequently repeated falsehoods about everything from his precious vanity wall to his all-consuming fear of accountability for the criminal activity being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
In addition to these incessant ramblings, Trump has also been celebrating polling results on Twitter by the notoriously right-wing shills at Rasmussen Reports. And on Friday morning he did so once again with exactly the same commentary as his previous tweets on the subject. And once again, Trump’s satisfaction with the poll is misplaced considering it shows him with a forty-one percent “Strongly Disapprove” rating, and only thirty-eight percent “Strongly Approve.” Nevertheless, Trump tweeted out this:
Working hard, thank you! pic.twitter.com/tnuHnw8kll
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 8, 2019
And if that looks familiar it’s because last month he tweeted out this:
Working hard, thank you! pic.twitter.com/3SoWTkZjP6
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 6, 2018
And if that looks familiar it’s because before that he tweeted out this:
Working hard, thank you! pic.twitter.com/6HQVaEXH0I
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2018
And if those look familiar it’s because this seems to be a common obsession with him. To brag about a rating that only puts you at even illustrates just how desperate Trump is for anything upbeat he can promote to mitigate the tsunami of bleakness that surrounds him. But to rest his gloating on a poll by Rasmussen, the most disreputably partisan pollster in America, just makes him seem all the more pathetic. And yet, Trump frequently alerts his Twitter cult followers when Rasmussen spikes a bit. Never mind that the numbers always take a dive shortly thereafter. Here are some more recent examples:
.@Rasmussen_Poll just came out at 48% approval rate despite the constant and intense Fake News. Higher than Election Day and higher than President Obama. Rasmussen was one of the most accurate Election Day polls!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018
Rasmussen just came out at 51% Approval despite the Fake News Media. They were one of the three most accurate on Election Day. Just about the most inaccurate were CNN and ABC News/Washington Post, and they haven’t changed (get new pollsters). Much of the media is a Scam!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17, 2018
“Still Rising: Rasmussen Poll Shows Donald Trump Approval Ratings Now at 51 Percent” https://t.co/q80PaE0gQo
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 4, 2018
Rasmussen and others have my approval ratings at around 50%, which is higher than Obama, and yet the political pundits love saying my approval ratings are “somewhat low.” They know they are lying when they say it. Turn off the show – FAKE NEWS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 11, 2018
Rasmussen just announced that my approval rating jumped to 49%, a far better number than I had in winning the Election, and higher than certain “sacred cows.” Other Trump polls are way up also. So why does the media refuse to write this? Oh well, someday!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2018
Trump’s characterization of Rasmussen as an accurate pollster is wildly off the mark. The survey experts at FiveThrityEight give Rasmussen a C+ rating. They rank ABC/Washington Post at A-Plus. And in every case, the numbers celebrated by Trump above declined in the days following his boast. There’s no reason to think that they won’t do the same tomorrow.
For the record, the RealClearPolitics average poll of polls has Trump with a 42.2 percent approval, and 54.4 disapproval. And that’s including Rasmussen’s outlier numbers in the average. But if Trump wants to believe that he’s loved by a nation that clearly despises him and his policies, and if he wants to convince his Deplorables of the same reality distortion, well, that’s his prerogative. It’s only going to make their eventual collision with the truth all the more painful.
How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
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LATE ADDITIONS: Trump continues to post these same nonsense tweets even though the numbers go right back down in the days that follow. He’s done it dozens of times.
Working hard, thank you! #MAGA pic.twitter.com/00hoL0to0u
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2019
THANK YOU, WORKING HARD! pic.twitter.com/3OUESGRw43
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 9, 2019
Thank you, working hard! #MAGA pic.twitter.com/jwsb75t0WW
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2019
Despite the Phony Witch Hunt, we will continue to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Thank you!! pic.twitter.com/MXuiolM745
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 10, 2019
The Radical Left Dems are working hard, but THE PEOPLE are much smarter. Working hard, thank you! pic.twitter.com/KDHH5jYbGV
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 14, 2019
New Poll: The Rasmussen Poll, one of the most accurate in predicting the 2016 Election, has just announced that “Trump” numbers have recently gone up by four points, to 50%. Thank you to the vicious young Socialist Congresswomen. America will never buy your act! #MAGA2020
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 17, 2019
Thank you! #MAGA2020 pic.twitter.com/6G2TinCpWT
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 19, 2019
Thank you, working hard! #KAG2020 pic.twitter.com/CP32Vcx4he
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 16, 2019
Thank you! pic.twitter.com/hScbURTzMJ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 19, 2019
Thank you, working hard! pic.twitter.com/dDVWjm95iP
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 20, 2019
Thank you, working hard! pic.twitter.com/1CpxcJOtha
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2019
THANK YOU! pic.twitter.com/Ne2LOSAWpX
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2019
THANK YOU, WORKING HARD! pic.twitter.com/sNUppjB4Xm
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2019
THANK YOU! #MAGA pic.twitter.com/e6dZshYFMV
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2019
THANK YOU! #MAGA #KAG pic.twitter.com/igO1r1cTHS
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2019
THANK YOU! #KAG2020?? pic.twitter.com/fX5FGxYBuU
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 20, 2019
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2020
THANK YOU! #MAGA pic.twitter.com/jVr7qmYOvu
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2020
…And they say you can add 7% to 10% to all Trump numbers! Who knows? https://t.co/Ta09xrAqUd
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 20, 2020
THANK YOU! #MAGA #KAG2020 pic.twitter.com/uWMjL52f5O
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 18, 2020
THANK YOU! #MAGA pic.twitter.com/kgLSsAgZmR
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2020
THANK YOU! #MAGA pic.twitter.com/1vMZMmm6KZ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 4, 2020
Like the old joke, “Working hard or hardly working.” With Hair Moronikus, it will forever be the latter.