U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press about deploying federal law enforcement agents in Washington to bolster the local police presence, in the Press Briefing Room at the White House, in Washington D.C
Social media is hounding the White House for posting false numbers allegedly putting President Donald Trump’s approval at 57.11 percent.
“At no point during his 2nd term has his approval rating on the Rasmussen daily tracking poll been at 57 percent,” said internet critic Shawn Foss. “This is from Rasmussen's website. The highest mark was 56 percent on January 23rd. Why lie about something so easily verifiable?”
Trump’s media department handling X posts attributed the numbers to Rasmussen Report’s Daily Presidential Tracking Poll, but that’s not what the numbers show when following Rasmussen’s information back to its source. Rasmussen’s Daily tracking numbers show Trump trending easily below 50 percent, where it stands this month.
“They literally just lied about the poll they cite,” said another X poster who attached a snapshot showing total approval in the 40s.
Rassmussen, despite hovering below 50 percent, is also noted to be biased toward the Republican Party, another X commenter noted, so the average should have arguably been higher.
“So, like, I don’t trust the Rasmussen Report, I think it’s bulls——. But if you just go to the website, it’s not 57 percent. Lol,” said “Saved by the Bell” actor Marcos González.
“How can we be living in this world of alternate facts?” posted San Diego bilingual Latino newspaper La Prensa San Diego. “Official White House post claims Rasmussen poll shows 57.11 percent approve for Trump but no such number exists. At all. Anywhere. Not even at Rasmussen. Grok is confused. Show your work!”
“Idk if I’m reading it wrong or what, but coming from the direct source this is just a straight f—— lie,” said another commenter, who provided a true, les generous snapshot of Rassmussen’s numbers.
“We’ve gotten to the point where if this administration is marketing something — ANYTHING — I automatically default to it being bullshit. Rarely lets me down,” said another critic on X.