President Donald Trump at a campaign rally. NBC News/AFP.
President Donald Trump's poll numbers have remained steady despite the perceived bad news from the Manafort and Cohen convictions. NBC News. The NBC/Wall Street Journal saw a drop in approval of two points, within the margin of error. His approval according to the survey was 46% between August 18-22 and dropped to 44% between August 22-25.
Rasmussen has shown a steady rate of support for Trump for the last few months. That daily poll usually shows Trump's approval rate between 45% and 50%. The last polling data shows an approval rate of 46%.
My Comment:
Despite years of completely negative 24/7 coverage Trump's approval rate is steady or even increasing in most of the polls. I think any other president would have been taken down by such negative media coverage but Trump still stands. So why is this happening?
I think the obvious and odious bias with the press is a large part of it. My general reaction to negative stories about President Trump is an eye roll at best and complete apathy at worst. I think a lot of people have just tuned out negative news about Trump because it is very clear that the media only wants bad stories about Trump. They haven't even attempted to give President Trump a fair shot and that means nobody listens to their negative stories anymore.
The bias evident in the Mueller investigation is also well known and obvious. After the release of the text messages between Peter Stzork and Lisa Page showed that they not only hated Donald Trump but his supporters as well, it made very little sense to listen to anything that came out of the Mueller probe. It's clear that even if a real crime is uncovered, and nobody expects one at this point, it will be fruit of the poisonous tree.
Of course there is also the fact that Trump is doing a pretty good job. The economy is roaring and a lot of people are finding work. Everywhere you go you see help wanted signs and Trump deserves credit for his America first trade policies and the GOP tax cut for helping the economy out.
Trump also gets credit for his foreign policy. Unlike his predecessors he hasn't gotten the US into any unnecessary or stupid wars. He seems to have given up our policy of regime change that caused so much suffering and destruction. And his efforts at diplomacy, though not always successful, is a lot better than what the media was portraying him as.
More than anything else though Trump's enemies keep making him look good in comparison. The left has lost their mind and seem to have nothing to say other than hatred against Trump and his supporters. It's to the point where the only thing the left has is to ban people from participating in social media. The left is acting like the way Trump is being accused of and it is helping him out.
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