“In a post published to his social media platform, the Republican president described a political landscape in which he’s ‘getting the best Polling Numbers’ of his career, thanks to public satisfaction with the economy and ‘rapidly falling Energy prices,’” reports Benen.
“The claims appeared delusional,” said Benen, especially considering public dissatisfaction with the state of the economy and high energy costs.
But Republicans are just as deep in denial as Trump, said Benen. They respond to ugly polls by complaining about “fake” data, while Trump carries on with claims of enjoying “the best numbers” of his career.
“The lower the president’s support sinks, the more the GOP confronts a question about what to do with reality-based data: Do they start to distance themselves from a woefully unpopular president, or do they continue to join Trump in playing make-believe and take their chances with a dissatisfied electorate?”