Trump: 'I can’t be doing so badly, because I’m president and you’re not'

[Ryme]

Sorry Genn, but your party is doing terribly and Trump's is the president and you're not.

[melodramocracy]

“That’s the story,” Trump said as the interview ended. “Hey look, in the meantime, I guess, I can’t be doing so badly, because I’m president, and you’re not. You know.”

To which Michael Scherer then replied "Well yeah, I don't have nearly as many friends in Russia as you do.". Donald, who was in the midst of checking his Twitter feed during this comment, looked angrily at Michael, and then shouted "Ivanka! What does nepo-tism mean?"

[zenkai]

Rocking that 37% approval waiting.

And yet he's still higher than congress lol.

[Ghostpanther]

That's not proving them to be unreliable, just that yes, statistically low possibilities are still possibilities.

He won in Ohio by 8 percentage points. Not even close to the margin of error and in Michigan, it was even a bigger spread from the polls. Sanders did the same thing against Hillary by a much larger percentage points compared to the latest polls before that election. :P

[Goldenboy1]

And yet he's still higher than congress lol.

Approval for congress is hard to determine and it is heavily opinionated. Lets say I hate senator X, now if I am polled I will say "I dislike congress" even though I have no issues with the remaining 500+ total members of congress. I am not claiming you are wrong or anything else, I am merely stating polls fail in multi variable topics.

[Paranoid Android]

And yet he's still higher than congress lol.

The worst poll ever. The reason is if ask about their representative, overwhelming their Rep. gets high approval. Senate can be the same.

[NYC17]

They are not a handicap for golf however. The greatest Golfer ever is one with small hands. Jack Nicklaus. He was frowned upon when he entered professional golf because it was thought at the time the good golfers had large hands. Hehe.

I mean, it doesn't matter when you cheat

http://http://gawker.com/a-brief-history-of-the-golf-cheating-accusations-agains-1774776293

[prwraith]

He's got an 80% approval rating among Republicans.

This honestly makes me think even more so than the election that republicans are utterly braindead. After stupidity, scandal, more stupidity, lies, nepotism, etc you'd think he'd be at most 50% approval.

[GennGreymane]

Sorry Genn, but your party is doing terribly and Trump's is the president and you're not.

I am king of this forum.

[Grimbold21]

Was this during recess? That's the sort of reply you'd expect from a toddler

[Ryytikki]

He's got an 80% approval rating among Republicans.

it was 90% a week ago

[GennGreymane]

it was 90% a week ago

only percent that matters to me is 140%

[cubby]

He's got an 80% approval rating among Republicans.

I thought the polls couldn't be trusted.

The real polls have his approval rating tanking, still, and he's only two months into the office. This interview, as others, will continue to bring the uncertains over to the side of sanity, getting the ball rolling for an eventual impeachment/resignation (although the latter seems almost unthinkable, given his ridiculously fragile ego). What we need are (hopefully) more legislative failures along with moderate GOP lawmakers running away, and we'll have a critical mass to usher in President Pence.

Re the actual topic: his statement isn't surprising to anyone that has been paying attention to Trump's deploreableness.

[Paranoid Android]

This honestly makes me think even more so than the election that republicans are utterly braindead. After stupidity, scandal, more stupidity, lies, nepotism, etc you'd think he'd be at most 50% approval.

The one statement I agree with Trump is when he stated "he can shoot someone and not lose votes". We are so partisan that the 45/45 of Republicans/Democrats is pretty solid. That base is solidly built in.

[BannedForViews]

Remember what it was like when the word 'presidential' meant something? It seems like a far-off dream now...

It stopped meaning something 8 years ago.

[Edge-]

It stopped meaning something 8 years ago.

Because it was a Democrat who acted like an adult and didn't embarrass this nation on a daily basis?

[JohnBrown1917]

Well he proved the polls in the swing states he won to not be reliable. And the bookies.

Your comparing national polls to state polls..

[prwraith]

It stopped meaning something 8 years ago.

Man just crawl back into your cave. You got a president with class who cared about people, cared about the environment, and actually acted the part.

Now you kids have managed to elect the most inept person in history to the post and claim IT WASN"T US WHO RUINED IT. Honestly you people elected a toddler and are pulling the nuh-uh wasn't us act. Grow the fuck up.

[Queen of Hamsters]

Trump followers remind me of the people that stood on Walter White's side no matter what he did.
"What? He's the main character of the show, of course I'mma stand by him!!"...

[Daelak]

Well he proved the polls in the swing states he won to not be reliable. And the bookies.

They were reliable, you just don't understand probabilities and statistics.