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What to Know
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President Donald Trump reflected on his popularity and blamed the media for low reports.
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He also said it might be because White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is doing “a terrible job.”
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He played it off as a joke, but it’s not the first time he’s blamed his communications team.
President Donald Trump has offered lots of possible explanations for his unpopularity and low approval ratings. None of them seem to involve any bit of self-reflection or accountability, though. In fact, Trump seems to continue to believe that any reports of people being displeased with him are simply not true (A common defense of his is that he won the 2024 election; therefore, people must continue to be obsessed with him, and reports that suggest otherwise are “fake.”)
While he doesn’t seem to truly believe the approval ratings, that hasn’t stopped him from suggesting that his communications team might be to blame. You know, just in case the reports are actually true?
Most recently, he threw Karoline Leavitt under the bus.
Trump: I got 93% bad publicity. Maybe Karoline is doing a poor job. pic.twitter.com/HINANqxbs9
