President Donald Trump tells tall tales on a daily basis – The Washington Post has his current lying level between 5 and 6 lies per day. And yet, many were scratching their heads Friday afternoon, when Trump tweeted several entirely untethered claims about his poll numbers and the factual rate of journalism in general.
“Can you believe that despite 93% bad stories from the Fake News Media (should be getting good stories), today we had just about our highest Poll Numbers, including those on Election Day? The American public is wise to the phony an dishonest press. Make America Great Again!”
Actually, the America public is wise to Trump’s phony claims. (Also, to his strange need to randomly capitalize words, and the typo in “an.”)
What poll is he talking about? Even his favorite, Rasmussen, which many see as pro-Trump, puts him at under 50%.
Social media users didn’t hold back their contempt:
Earlier today the AP post their latest poll results: