{"id":36178,"date":"2017-11-14T13:50:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T21:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=36178"},"modified":"2017-11-14T13:53:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T21:53:15","slug":"pathetic-trump-is-relying-on-his-warped-imagination-to-convince-himself-that-hes-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=36178","title":{"rendered":"Pathetic: Trump is Relying on His Warped Imagination to Convince Himself That He&#8217;s Popular"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The historically low approval ratings for Donald Trump are no longer news. It is a state of affairs that is cemented in the public zeitgeist as this President continues to flounder. The American people have made up their minds that he is an offensive blowhard whose policies reek of bigotry, ignorance, greed, and narcissism. That&#8217;s a recipe for catastrophe and given his obstinance and inability to learn or repent, there is little hope that anything will change.<\/p>\n<p>As an illustration of just how blinded Trump is to reality, he just posted a tweet bragging about his approval ratings. That&#8217;s right, he&#8217;s managed to find something positive about being the worst president in history. However his tweet reveals signs of a mental collapse on several points:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One of the most accurate polls last time around. But <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FakeNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FakeNews<\/a> likes to say we\u2019re in the 30\u2019s. They are wrong. Some people think numbers could be in the 50&#39;s. Together, WE will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YhrwkdObhP\">pic.twitter.com\/YhrwkdObhP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/930346433177378817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s break that down. First of all, Trump is praising Rasmussen Reports as <em>&#8220;One of the most accurate polls.&#8221;<\/em> Anyone with knowledge of Rasmussen knows that his reputation as a pollster is toxic. His results are notoriously over-weighted in favor of Republicans and conservatives. The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/FiveThirtyEight\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">experts at FiveThirtyEight<\/a><\/strong> give him a C+, which is generous. Rasmussen polls are conducted by robocalls, a methodology that is widely discredited amongst statisticians. The only reason for his survey company to exist is to provide biased data to wingnut <em>&#8220;news&#8221;<\/em> operations and pundits.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, Trump dismisses all other polls as <em>&#8220;fake news.&#8221;<\/em> It&#8217;s his typical way of avoiding any facts that don&#8217;t exalt him as the beloved Messiah he envisions himself to be. The fact that almost every poll taken by reputable survey organizations place Trump in the thirties is an affirmation of their accuracy. But Trump pulls his MAGA hat down over his eyes and plugs his fingers in his ears to prevent any exposure to the sad truth that he&#8217;s universally despised.<\/p>\n<p>Thirdly, Trump drops one of his famous <em>&#8220;some people&#8221;<\/em> diversions into the mix. If there is any poll putting Trump&#8217;s favorability in the fifties he should be able to cite it. Not even the ultra-right Rasmussen goes there. The only voices articulating those numbers are in Trump&#8217;s head.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, if Trump is so pleased with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/trump_administration\/trump_approval_index_history\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rasmussen&#8217;s survey results<\/a><\/strong> he should probably make a more complete presentation of them. Then people would know that his forty-six percent approval rating has already dropped two points to forty-four. His disapproval is at fifty-four percent, hardly anything to boast about. Even worse, Rasmussen tracks his <em>&#8216;Strongly Disapprove&#8221;<\/em> rating which sits at forty-five percent. That compares to his <em>&#8220;Strongly Approve&#8221;<\/em> rating at a pitiful twenty-eight percent. According to Rasmussen, that gives him a negative seventeen percent approval index.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-poll-rasmussen.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36179\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/1935139089834210\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are the dismal numbers that got Trump so excited he had to get on the Twitter machine and rejoice. But the only thing these numbers reveal is the depths of his psychological impairment. And his celebration of how much America hates him is just another reason he needs to be removed from office and confined to a padded cell.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The historically low approval ratings for Donald Trump are no longer news. It is a state of affairs that is cemented in the public zeitgeist as this President continues to flounder. The American people have made up their minds that he is an offensive blowhard whose policies reek of bigotry, ignorance, greed, and narcissism. 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