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Trump says turn off news shows that report his approval ratings are 'somewhat low'

March 11, 2018

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President Trump had the media on his mind as he tweeted Sunday morning. He began with a Saturday New York Times story reporting Trump is in talks with a lawyer, Emmet T. Flood, who represented former President Bill Clinton when he was impeached:

The Failing New York Times purposely wrote a false story stating that I am unhappy with my legal team on the Russia case and am going to add another lawyer to help out. Wrong. I am VERY happy with my lawyers, John Dowd, Ty Cobb and Jay Sekulow. They are doing a great job and.....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 11, 2018

Next, Trump boasted of Republican victories in congressional special elections, claiming the press "continuously fails to mention" GOP wins. After an aside about Democrats, the president closed his morning spree by urging his followers to turn off news shows that report his approval ratings are below 50 percent:

Rasmussen and others have my approval ratings at around 50%, which is higher than Obama, and yet the political pundits love saying my approval ratings are “somewhat low.” They know they are lying when they say it. Turn off the show - FAKE NEWS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 11, 2018

Rasmussen's most recent poll puts Trump at 44 percent approval to 54 percent disapproval, which is close to the Real Clear Politics average of 41 percent approval. I don't know about you, but I'd call that "somewhat low."