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US president Donald Trump’s actions following the Republican Party’s major defeat in the November midterms continue to spark online ridicule, what with the 80-year-old claiming Republicans have “momentum”, promoting controversial aide Stephen Miller to chief of staff, and coining a new nickname for himself relating to his plans to veto bills pushed through a Congress which is now under Democrat control.
Well now, he’s talking about how popular he supposedly is.
Yes, really.
In a phone call with Salem News Channel on Thursday, Trump said: “Every time I ran, we won. When I didn’t run, you know, it seems to be difficult, it’s sort of interesting.
“I think my level of popularity, maybe, is higher now than it was - I’m not sure – it feels to me that it would be higher, other than what happened at the midterms.”
Unsurprisingly, X/Twitter users disagreed with him:
Political commentator Jamie Bonkiewicz said: “He’s f***ing delusional”:
Filmmaker Morgan J. Freeman tweeted: “This man could lose an election, get booed out of the building, and still declare himself the most beloved president in history”:
One account joked: “I think the Titanic was the most successful voyage of all time…other than what happened with the iceberg”:
“Mississippi literally went blue because of you,” commented content creator Jared Shult:
And The Tennessee Holler quipped: “Other than when we actually measured it with voting”:
Not only that, but last week, Trump scored the lowest approval rating of any president during the midterms, when his rating was at just 38 per cent, according to a CBS News poll.
Oh dear.
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