Trump Declares That 'Any Negative Polls Are Fake News'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published FEBRUARY 6, 2017, 7:42 AM EDT

President Donald Trump on Monday morning continued his attempts to delegitimize the media by claiming that any "negative" poll must be "fake news."

Donald J. Trump ✔
@realDonaldTrump
Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election. Sorry, people want border security and extreme vetting.

7:01 AM - 6 Feb 2017
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Donald J. Trump ✔
@realDonaldTrump

I call my own shots, largely based on an accumulation of data, and everyone knows it. Some FAKE NEWS media, in order to marginalize, lies!

7:07 AM - 6 Feb 2017
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It's unclear what poll set Trump off early Monday morning. He may have been reacting to a CNN/ORC poll released Friday. The poll found that 53 percent of Americans oppose Trump's order suspending the refugee program and barring people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from coming to the U.S.

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[johnnyrocket]

1. Wow, just drop any pretense or spin. Get right to it: No person or fact shall EVER DARE DEFY ME!

Scary, scary stuff.

Megalomaniac of the highest order.

[Golden Raisin]

2. Unhinged, toxic narcissism.

[The Liberal Lion]

3. WOW!

Mind completely blown.

[Javaman]

4. In latest case of delusion the orange menace declares he won ALL the electoral votes. nt

[cab67]

5. He evidently doesn't know that "media" is the plural form of "medium."

It should be "some media...lie."

If he's going to be a public jerk, he might at least try to be an articulate one.

[ElementaryPenguin]

6. No chance of that happening!

[LudwigPastorius]

7. He's just like his followers, impervious to the truth.

Except, they can't launch a nuclear strike.

[dalton99a]

9. or run the economy into the ground

[Initech]

8. Hey Trump, we literally hate you! Get used to it!

[Molly2000]

10. Get use to it!

We are going to be popping your ego. The numbers are real!

[DK504]

11. Please tell me

these are "fake" twwets from the Onion.

[Grammy23]

12. The next thing you know---

We will hear (via Twitter) that Dear Leader is really, really pissed off and he is gonna hold his breath until we apologize! Is he turning blue yet??

[jmowreader]

13. Okay, let's have some extreme vetting

I want to see the Trump Organization's books, the tax returns for every member of the Trump family, Donald Trump's complete medical file, the business records for Breitbart News, InfoWars, Project Veritas and whatever in hell Blackwater is called this week, a handwritten explanation for why Steve Bannon is on the National Security Council, true accounting of the Trump campaign, a report accurately detailing Trump's Russia ties, a complete list of Trump's creditors and his payment status...

[mnhtnbb]

14. It's sad, isn't it--pathetic, really--that immigrants to this country are vetted more thoroughly

than candidates for President?

That's what has gotten us in to this mess: no specific requirements beyond citizenship and age for the job. It's pathetic.
Good grief.