{"id":42521,"date":"2019-08-20T13:08:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T20:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42521"},"modified":"2019-08-20T13:46:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T20:46:32","slug":"trumps-favorite-pollster-has-him-floundering-near-his-lowest-point-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42521","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s Favorite Pollster Has Him Floundering Near His Lowest Point of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best way of determining what Donald Trump is most afraid of is by tracking what he’s tweeting about most furiously. Often it’s Democrats who he’s unable to debate on rational terms so he lashies out with racist insults. Other times he’s frantically trying to convince his Deplorables that the country isn’t headed for a painful recession<\/a><\/strong> of his own making.<\/p>\n

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However, an extraordinary amount of Trump’s limited attention span is frequently consumed with the press that he thinks is engaging in a conspiracy to destroy him. His knee-jerk tirades against what he calls the “fake”<\/em> news are never backed up by facts, but always dripping with acrimony and the bile of his gushing paranoia.<\/p>\n

It’s bad enough when just the news outlets that he loves to attack are reporting honestly about his latest failure (which he hates), but now even his pet news sources are joining the resistance, in his mind. Fox News just released a poll that shows him with a near record high disapproval rating. It also shows the top Democratic challengers beating him in the general election. That, of course, has him hopping mad<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Consequently, he really isn’t going to like the latest polling from his favorite – and most flagrantly biased – pollster, Rasmussen. Trump often tweets<\/a><\/strong> every time Rasmussen reports a positive number. But don’t expect him to tweet that his approval rating is now at a dismal (for Rasmussen) 44 percent, with a disapproval of 54 percent. That’s one point off of his worst showing of the year.<\/p>\n

Of course, these Rasmussen numbers fluctuate with little connection to real world events. Although in this case the multiple mass shootings a couple of weeks ago, and the effect of Trump’s tariffs on the economy and the pocketbooks of average Americans, may be taking a toll. So naturally Trump takes to Twitter to vent his outrage:<\/p>\n

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The Fake and Corrupt Media is sooo bad for our Country, The Enemy of the People! https:\/\/t.co\/GPiklem0u1<\/a><\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n