Trump thinks any negative polls are 'fake news'

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It's no secret that Trump is incapable of taking criticism, but this really is his fragile ego laid bare: he insists that negative polls are fake and that most people love him.

I honestly wonder how anyone can defend him at this point. It's one thing to believe that your policies are wise in spite of polls (many politicians have done that), it's another to pretend polls are invalid because you need adoration to feel validated. Good politicians either adjust their policies to please the public, or make detailed arguments to justify unpopular moves; bad ones like Trump just insist there's a conspiracy.
 
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The logic behind his comment is pretty scary

He can do no wrong and if anything wrong is pointed out to him he just ignores it and claims "fake news"

Nothing will stand in his way with that approach.
 
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With this administration anything negative, anything tough to answer is immediately labelled fake news.
 
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Loot at Barack Obama in 2008, look at him now. Now imagine that degree of transformation on someone as old as Trump.


He's gonna look like Emperor Palpatine by the time he leaves office.
 
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cbrunny said:
Taft died of cardiovascular disease. Aka being a fatass.
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I say "Dive in donny, that fried chicken ain't gonna clog your arteries on it's own!"
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For Trump..appearances matter most. And he likes the perception of himself as the decider, the only one who can cut through all of the noise and battling ego's to make the call. In order to make that image truly work, you need noise around you at all times. So Trump put in place a senior leadership team that would create it. "fake news" and "alternative facts".

For example: Trump tweets about withdrawing federal funding, and suddenly you're impassioned and you have a point of view, and he's hooked you. What he's actually talking is certainly less important than the actual policy discussion. But he's made it understandable, he's made it personal, he's added a conflict-driven narrative. Think back to the "boardroom" on "The Apprentice." Bring everybody in. Let them attack one another and level allegations. Consult with a few of your consigliere's and then make a bold and, often, unpredictable decision. Yes, that was a TV show. But it was a TV show created by Trump (and Mark Burnett). That means that the way the show worked came directly out of Trump's brain and generally speaking represents his view of how things should work.

It sums up what we are seeing: he takes some superficial action or tweets he will defund UC Berkeley, say, gets people engaged and talking and then takes no action and/or modifies his approach over time based on what he confronts. It is effective in how it feeds his base and tips a hat towards looking like he is acting on his promises. It is incredibly ineffective, like reality tv show relationships in general, in actually recovering from the high-drama engagement and having a healthy productive relationship. Just like a relationship with a Real Housewife or a Kardashian may be engaging in its way, but ultimately toxic and weird as hell, this is what is playing out with standing non-partisan sectors of government and foreign leaders.
 
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IGBT said:
BREAKING NEWS..HILLARY TO WIN PRESIDENCY IN ELECTORAL BLUE WALL LANDSLIDE...

http://www.newsweek.com/hillary-clinton-track-electoral-college-landslide-510362
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You do understand that there's a difference between election polls and approval rating polls, right? One is used for predictions; the other reflects the public sentiment based on actions. Unless you can find flaws with the methodology of an approval rating poll, it'll accurately reflect what the public feels about a politician at that given moment -- which is all the pollsters are concerned about.

Besides, when hundreds of thousands of people are protesting on a seemingly constant basis, something tells me those polls are more accurate than you'd care to admit. Trump is already an unpopular president, and he's unlikely to turn that around at the current rate.
 
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