{"id":43305,"date":"2019-11-18T14:23:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T22:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43305"},"modified":"2019-11-18T14:54:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T22:54:09","slug":"self-gaslighting-frightened-by-reality-trump-keeps-posting-fake-approval-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43305","title":{"rendered":"Self-Gaslighting? Frightened by Reality, Trump Keeps Posting Fake Approval Ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The walls are closing in around Donald Trump as the impeachment hearings proceed. More witnesses from within his own administration are coming forward this week to provide incriminating testimony. Consequently, Trump is frantically tweeting<\/a><\/strong> attacks on non-partisan career public servants, along with testimonials from disreputable congressional supporters and Fox News shills.<\/p>\n

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Trump’s ego won’t allow him to face the reality that his presidency is coming apart at the seams. In what appears to be an effort to persuade himself, as well as his glassy-eyed cult followers, that he is uncommonly popular, Trump repeatedly posts that he has an approval rating of 95% among Republicans. While he has tweeted this at least 29 times this year, he has never once provided a source for that wildly implausible number. Recent polling from the real world<\/a><\/strong> shows that his Republican support is at a career low of 74 percent. Nevertheless, Trump tweeted this bizarre commentary Monday morning:<\/p>\n

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Never has the Republican Party been so united as it is now. 95% A.R. This is a great fraud being played out against the American people by the Fake News Media & their partner, the Do Nothing Democrats. The rules are rigged by Pelosi & Schiff, but we are winning, and we will win!<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n