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Watch step-by-step how Trump gets hilariously lost in his own lying about approval ratings.
It is an old article but worthy and hilarious. 
Mitchell Friedman
Oct 24, 2017@7:41 PM
Sometimes the president says something so truly baffling, you don't even know where to begin picking it apart. Thankfully, that's where Daniel Dale comes in, the Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star who recently took a Trump quote jam-packed with contradictions and calmly and carefully dissected them without losing his mind.
Here is a thread about Donald Trump getting hilariously lost in his own lying. 1/
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
In a Facebook live video with conservative radio host Mike Gallagher in October, Trump cited a Rasmussen poll that he said had him at a 46% approval rating—it didn't. He then proceeded to invoke Obama's approval rating when he left office, which he said was 46%—it wasn't.
This is what Trump told radio host Mike Gallagher last week: 2/ pic.twitter.com/bkarQ5SWRe
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
President Trump with Mike at the White House
Posted by Mike Gallagher on Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Here's the entire baffling quote, and just be thankful that it's followed by a thorough analysis by an actual journalist. I couldn't make heads or tails of this monstrosity, but then again I also couldn't even be elected dog catcher in Tennessee.
"Then I see polls come out. We had one come out today. Rasmussen. Forty-seven. Forty-six or 47. And you know, 47, you can't lose. That's a very high number. In fact Obama got out at 46. I guess. So he was very popular, if you call that popular. I don't know why he was popular, but I guess he was popular."
Dale did the thinking on this one so you don't have to and it'll help your brain hurt less:
So Trump starts with a lie: that Rasmussen had his approval rating at 46% or 47% that day. He was actually at 41% that day. 3/
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
Then Trump adds a second lie: that 47%, an approval rating he does not have, is an approval rating that makes re-election guaranteed. 4/
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
He is not content with that. He must boast about his superiority to Obama. And this is where he loses control of his own nonsense. 5/
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
He says...Obama left office with an approval rating lower than his own. "46%." This is a third lie. 6/
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
In fact, Obama left with a much higher approval rating than Trump's imaginary 47%: Obama had 62% final approval in Rasmussen. 7/
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
But anyway, Trump is stuck - he said Obama's approval was almost identical to his own! And he adds, scrambling, "So he was very popular." 8/
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
Oct 24, 2017@7:41 PM
Sometimes the president says something so truly baffling, you don't even know where to begin picking it apart. Thankfully, that's where Daniel Dale comes in, the Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star who recently took a Trump quote jam-packed with contradictions and calmly and carefully dissected them without losing his mind.
Here is a thread about Donald Trump getting hilariously lost in his own lying. 1/
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
In a Facebook live video with conservative radio host Mike Gallagher in October, Trump cited a Rasmussen poll that he said had him at a 46% approval rating—it didn't. He then proceeded to invoke Obama's approval rating when he left office, which he said was 46%—it wasn't.
This is what Trump told radio host Mike Gallagher last week: 2/ pic.twitter.com/bkarQ5SWRe
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
President Trump with Mike at the White House
Posted by Mike Gallagher on Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Here's the entire baffling quote, and just be thankful that it's followed by a thorough analysis by an actual journalist. I couldn't make heads or tails of this monstrosity, but then again I also couldn't even be elected dog catcher in Tennessee.
"Then I see polls come out. We had one come out today. Rasmussen. Forty-seven. Forty-six or 47. And you know, 47, you can't lose. That's a very high number. In fact Obama got out at 46. I guess. So he was very popular, if you call that popular. I don't know why he was popular, but I guess he was popular."
Dale did the thinking on this one so you don't have to and it'll help your brain hurt less:
So Trump starts with a lie: that Rasmussen had his approval rating at 46% or 47% that day. He was actually at 41% that day. 3/
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
Then Trump adds a second lie: that 47%, an approval rating he does not have, is an approval rating that makes re-election guaranteed. 4/
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
He is not content with that. He must boast about his superiority to Obama. And this is where he loses control of his own nonsense. 5/
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
He says...Obama left office with an approval rating lower than his own. "46%." This is a third lie. 6/
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
In fact, Obama left with a much higher approval rating than Trump's imaginary 47%: Obama had 62% final approval in Rasmussen. 7/
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
But anyway, Trump is stuck - he said Obama's approval was almost identical to his own! And he adds, scrambling, "So he was very popular." 8/
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2017
More here :
https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/daniel-dale-journalist-trump-poll-numbers-mike-gallagher-twitter/
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That's his mind in a nutshell, about that size also.
