Poll: 62 percent say Trump isn't telling the truth in Russia probe

[riversedge]

Source: nbc



More Americans want Democrats — not Trump — in charge of setting policy, a new national NBC News/WSJ poll finds.



Dec. 16, 2018 / 8:00 AM CST


WASHINGTON — Six in 10 Americans say President Donald Trump has been untruthful about the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign, while half of the country says the investigation has given them doubts about Trump’s presidency, according to a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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And just 10 percent of respondents say that the president has gotten the message for a change in direction from the midterms — when the GOP lost control of the U.S. House of Representatives but kept its majority in the U.S. Senate — and that he’s making the necessary adjustments.

“The dam has not burst on Donald Trump,” said Democratic pollster Peter Hart, whose firm conducted this survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff. “But this survey suggests all the structural cracks [that exist] in the dam.”

The NBC/WSJ poll — conducted December 9-12 — comes after new developments in the Russia probe and other investigations involving the president, including evidence and allegations that:.............................................

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/poll-62-percent-say-trump-isn-t-telling-truth-russia-n948226

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[EricMaundry]

1. Gotta love a good poll.

[riversedge]

2. Here are the 38% who think Trump is truthful.....

Link to tweet

[mucifer]

3. still a third of the population is willing to jump off the cliff with him

instead of 38%? I was hoping for better numbers

[watoos]

4. It's 34% now.

I agree with you. Those 34% most likely only watch Fox News and listen to Rush. If that's all we had for information that 34% number would be a lot higher.

[Snellius]

5. That's about the same percent that believe the earth is round.

All polls never take into account that certain segment of the population that one might call just random. Who are predictably likely to unpredictably say anything about anything if asked. That loony fringe is always less of a fringe than faith in human reason would hope. Taking that in account it's fair to say "EVERYONE knows he's lying." But it's the kind of question that is not looking for an honest answer to start out with. Just a binary 0/1.

[DallasNE]

6. Overall, Very Discouraging

70% of Republicans believe Trump has been truthful, apparently buying into no collusion and that he had nothing to do with hush money payments - never mind that the payment money came from the Trump corporation funds.

Sure, there is some incremental softening in support for Trump but what does it take for the hard core 34% of people to accept that Trump cannot be trusted to tell the truth. Such denial of the facts is troubling, to say the least.

[BigmanPigman]

8. He has programmed them to deny the facts

starting the day after the inauguration with the lies (oops, alternative facts) about the size of his crowds. They really are a cult. This is a good article about the mindset of his fans.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/a-psychological-analysis-of-trump-supporters-has-uncovered-5-key-traits-about-them/

[lagomorph777]

9. 70% of Russiapublicans believe him because the Party is being purged of all non-loonies.

70% of a shrinking pie, as demonstrated in the mid-terms.

[Gothmog]

7. From the Hoarse Whisperer

Link to tweet