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President Donald Trump began his week with a series of Truth Social posts proclaiming that he has his “highest poll numbers ever,” before again declaring that “Iran will not have a nuclear weapon.”
Within minutes, he shifted from urging Americans to report retailers that failed to pass on lower fuel costs to attacking a new book about him, while again boasting of winning all seven swing states before repeating his warning to Iran.
In one of the more pointed posts of the day, Trump wrote in all caps: “REMEMBER, I WON THE ELECTION, BIG — ALL SEVEN SWING STATES, THE POPULAR VOTE, 86% of the Counties… AND Iran will never have a Nuclear Weapon!!!”
The claims of record popularity come despite recent national polling averages showing his approval in the high-30s, with disapproval significantly higher. The gap between Trump’s framing and mainstream polling data has frequently drawn attention from analysts and commentators.
