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‘Thank You For Your Support!’ Trump Touts New Poll Which Finds Majority Disapprove of Him
Following an eventful day in Brussels during which he dressed down NATO leaders, had a couple of awkward encounters with newly-elected French President Emmanuel Macron, and appeared to shove someone aside so he could be in front of the group at a NATO ceremony, President Donald Trump relaxed in the best way he knows how — by firing up Twitter and sending out a dispatch about how much people like him.
Trump took to his preferred social media network and touted the results of Thursdays Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential tracking poll. Thank you for your support. Together, we will MAKE AMERICA SAFE AND GREAT AGAIN!#POTUSAbroad #USA.
The Rasmussen poll is known to skew somewhat conservative. And indeed, according to FiveThirtyEight which aggregates approval rating polls, the Rasmussen number is currently the largest outlier, rating Trump at least two points higher than every other poll.
Overall, FiveThirtyEight finds that the Presidents approval rating average among all pollsters is 39.1 percent.
Further, even in the Rasmussen poll — which by far is more favorable to Trump than any other — a majority of Americans disapprove of his job performance. Fifty-two percent of those surveyed told Rasmussen they disapprove of Trump.
But that didnt stop Trump from touting the numbers on Twitter. Thank for for your support, Trump wrote, including a graphic which highlighted his Rasmussen numbers. Follow Joe DePaolo (@joe_depaolo) on Twitter. Have a tip we should know? tips@mediaite. com.