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Aug 24, 2025 Trump claimed inflated approval poll numbers contradicting actual public polling Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
Public dismissal of accurate polling as fake news exemplified using the presidential platform to distort public understanding of political standing.
Independently corroborated by4 independent news desks
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- Trump claimed inflated poll numbers — Trump posted on social media that he now has "the highest poll numbers I've ever had, some in the 60's and even 70's," contradicting publicly available polling data showing his job approval in the low 40s and underwater on every policy. The post explicitly dismissed actual polling as "Fake News."
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Week 32 – 2025-08-23–2025-08-29
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