{"id":44875,"date":"2020-04-16T12:54:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T19:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44875"},"modified":"2020-04-17T02:22:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T09:22:42","slug":"talk-about-desperate-trump-celebrates-an-oann-poll-that-doesnt-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44875","title":{"rendered":"Talk About Desperate: Trump Celebrates an OANN Poll that Doesn’t Exist"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday Donald Trump unleashed one of his most bizarrely unhinged performances at the Coronavirus Task Force briefing (aka Trump Campaign Rally<\/a><\/strong>). He produced a fictional list<\/a><\/strong> of corporate executives he said were members of a new economic task force. He reiterated his delusional view that he has “total authority”<\/em> and threatened to shut down Congress. And of course, he bragged about imaginary achievements and yelled petulantly at reporters. Then he stomped out in huff when he didn’t like the questions.<\/p>\n

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Trump’s presence at these briefings has been a waste of time from the start. He contributes nothing of substance, but distracts from the experts who actually have some relevant knowledge to impart to the public. Trump has proved that the only things he cares about are those things that advance his personal self-interest<\/a><\/strong> and assuaging his voracious ego. That was affirmed on Thursday as he took to Twitter with bitterly partisan posts and flagrant lies.<\/p>\n

The first of Trump’s tweets was his celebration of a poll by the ultra right-wing Fox News wannabe One America News Network (OANN). This is the network that doesn’t have a big enough audience to be rated by Nielsen. It’s the network whose reporter was recently booted out of the White House briefings for violating social distancing guidelines, but who got a personal reprieve to stand in the back of the room by Trump’s press secretary (since fired), Stephanie Grisham. It’s a network that has even less credibility than viewers. But Trump promotes them because he can always count on them to kiss his – let’s say ring. He also uses them to needle Fox News when he doesn’t think they are being sufficiently flattering. So Trump tweeted this Thursday morning:<\/p>\n

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.@OANN<\/a> Poll \u201cGives President Trump a 52% Approval Rating in North Carolina, and a seven point lead over (Sleepy) Joe Biden. The President also helps other Republican Candidates, including @SenThomTillis<\/a>, who has a 4% lead over his Democrat rival.\u201d<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n