{"id":45125,"date":"2020-05-03T12:24:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T19:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45125"},"modified":"2020-05-03T13:00:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T20:00:15","slug":"while-americans-suffer-trump-is-laser-focused-on-his-polling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45125","title":{"rendered":"While Americans Suffer, Trump is Laser Focused On &#8211; His Polling?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The voracious ego of Donald Trump continues to run roughshod over our nation. He seems unfazed by the latest reports of 1.1 million Americans infected by the coronavirus, and more than 67,000 dead. And he&#8217;s equally unmoved by the news that more than 30 millions Americans have lost their jobs. Trump posted 19 tweets on Sunday morning and hardly mentioned pandemic or it&#8217;s consequences at all. So what did he mention?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-baby-flag.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33715\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/3508273205854116\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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>It&#8217;s all too apparent what is consuming the thoughts of our <em>&#8220;president&#8221;<\/em> these days. He makes his priorities known by expressing them unabashedly on Twitter. And on this Sunday morn he revealed that his primary interest is &#8211; as usual &#8211; himself. The most frequent subject of his tweets was his approval rate polling, with four addressing that one fetish:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Fake News doesn\u2019t show real polls. Lamestream Media is totally CORRUPT, the Enemy of the People! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Agwb3u5QFd\">https:\/\/t.co\/Agwb3u5QFd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1256915740432760835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s3aLt9qTVZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/s3aLt9qTVZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1256929658890792960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">96% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. Thank you! Also, just out, highest ever Approval Rating overall in the new Gallup Poll, and shows \u201cTrump beating Sleepy Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1256573581657604096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Going well despite the Fake News! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WXqcomjahx\">https:\/\/t.co\/WXqcomjahx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1256954349491818501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It needs to be said that what Trump is bragging about repeatedly is a Gallup poll that is a conspicuous outlier. Most other polls put Trump in the low forties. It is also notable that Trump is excited about this being the highest number Gallup has posted for him, even though it is still below 50% which he has never achieved.<\/p>\n<p>For some reason Trump tempers his giddiness over this poll with a swipe at the <em>&#8220;Fake News,&#8221;<\/em> <em>&#8220;Lamestream&#8221;<\/em> media that he refers to in Stalinist terms as <em>&#8220;the enemy of the people.&#8221;<\/em> But whining that the press <em>&#8220;doesn&#8217;t show real polls&#8221;<\/em> while celebrating a Gallup poll that the press always shows is a strange way to boast about his alleged popularity. He&#8217;s tearing it down even as he&#8217;s using it to lift himself up.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Trump twice makes reference to a <em>&#8220;96% Approval Rating in the Republican Party&#8221;<\/em> that he fails to back up with a link or even a name for the pollster. The fact is, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43726\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">that poll doesn&#8217;t exist<\/a><\/strong>. Nor does Trump offer a source for his assertion that he&#8217;s beating Joe Biden. Which is likewise not supported by reality. Biden is shown <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/joe-biden-would-beat-donald-trump-general-election-polling-shows-1500408\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ahead of Trump<\/a><\/strong> both nationally and in critical swing states.<\/p>\n<p>For contrast, the rest of Trump&#8217;s morning tweetstorm was littered with tributes to himself and bizarre divergences from the matters that are of interest to most Americans. For instance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1256911953903202307\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Whining<\/a> that George Bush didn&#8217;t speak out against his impeachment.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1256698677864861697\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Some guy<\/a> who wrapped his boat in a Trump ad.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1256928204801089539\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How much<\/a> he misses his cult rallies.<\/li>\n<li>Two propaganda videos (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1256928926124904448\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1256928926124904448\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1256930134512357377\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Tyson<\/a> (?)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1256930571760087041\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">An old<\/a> propaganda video attacking Democrats.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1256955754428448768\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A shout out<\/a> to his Turnberry golf course in Scotland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And then there&#8217;s whatever the heck this is:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;.And then came a Plague, a great and powerful Plague, and the World was never to be the same again! But America rose from this death and destruction, always remembering its many lost souls, and the lost souls all over the World, and became greater than ever before!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1256957565562486784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So rest assured that Trump is on the case, working to ensure that the American people don&#8217;t suffer from any deficiency in impotent Trump exaltations and syrupy propaganda. This is how a reality TV game show president thinks governing is done. When he isn&#8217;t neck deep in mounds of his own PR manure, he&#8217;s maligning the free press or the political foes that he is so transparently afraid of. and naturally, he&#8217;s always upselling, such as with these <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45098\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump-branded coronavirus face masks<\/a><\/strong>. This would all make an entertaining social satire if it weren&#8217;t for the corpses that are piling up due to Trump&#8217;s negligence and incompetence.<\/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\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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 voracious ego of Donald Trump continues to run roughshod over our nation. He seems unfazed by the latest reports of 1.1 million Americans infected by the coronavirus, and more than 67,000 dead. And he&#8217;s equally unmoved by the news that more than 30 millions Americans have lost their jobs. Trump posted 19 tweets on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[152,14,1,1200,8,16],"tags":[554,594,377,430,1163],"class_list":["post-45125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-free-press","category-general","category-politics","category-propaganda","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-gallup","tag-joe-biden","tag-polls","tag-twitter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-baby-flag.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-bJP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39625,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=39625","url_meta":{"origin":45125,"position":0},"title":"Trump Brags About the &#8216;Great Honor&#8217; of Record Approval in a Fox News Poll that Doesn&#8217;t Exist","author":"Mark NC","date":"11\/4\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Trying to analyze the presidency of Donald Trump gets harder with each passing day. 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