Should we trust Trump’s approval ratings?

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New polls (Quinnipiac and CNN) show President Donald Trump’s job approval rating is now below 40 percent.

The news media don’t have any credibility when it comes to reporting on polls, and obviously have not learned a thing from 2016. Todd Steinbrueck

The surge of the economic deficit with an increasing debt, as well, is not a sustainable economy. Combine that with environmental rollbacks and now federal lands are up for private companies to exploit. Gee, why is Trump popularity falling with all that winning?

Margot Smith

For Trump and his followers, any polls that don’t show him in a good light are “fake polls,” so any articles about them are fake news.

It’s how they keep things together in their alternate universe. Steve Evets

Maybe there is hope after all. We decent Americans should just forget about those people who still support the president. They got their bigot and they will never forsake him. Let’s concentrate on getting out the vote and let the Trump supporters get out of here.

Debbie Tharpe-Lingle

I guess it’s not just about the economy. Then again, some of us had hoped that fiscal conservatives would come in and do something about our rising national debt. Instead, we got a tax reform that raised our debt and will continue to do so. If we want a sustainable economy, conservatives need to live up to their names and stop harping about hotbutton social issues. Scott Hardy

If more news outlets said they like Trump, his approval ratings would be through the roof. That’s why he polls so high within his own base.

Bruce Keller

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