WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump went on one of his classic rants on Twitter after a new poll showed his popularity dropping amid doubts of Russian meddling and growing frustrations over a half-hearted healthcare legislation. The billionaire finds him in the middle of yet another controversy, this time, triggered by his son Donald Trump Jr, who met with a Russian attorney last year following a promise of damaging information on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
The Washington Post ABC News poll showed a significant decline in Trump's approval ratings, down from 42 per cent in April to 36 per cent in July with his administration set to complete six months. Trump's disapproval rating has jumped five points to 58 per cent, as per the survey conducted on 1,000 adults. “The ABCWashington Post Poll, even though 40% is not bad at this time, was just about the most inaccurate poll around election time!” Trump tweeted. Almost half of the respondents, 48 per cent, said they “disapprove strongly” of Trump's performance, and 48 per cent said they saw American global leadership weakening since Trump entered the White House, while 27 per cent said it was stronger.
About the mess created by his eldest son, Trump has been desperately holding on to threads, bashing the media all along. “With all of its phoney unnamed sources & highly slanted & even fraudulent reporting, #Fake News is DISTORTING DEMOCRACY in our country!” the President wrote on Twitter. He also sent on his private lawyers, Jay Sekulow on five different talk shows to argue the lack of legality about his son's meeting with the Russian attorney. “What took place at the meeting... is not a violation of any law, statute or code,” Sekulow said. “Well, I wonder why the Secret Service, if this was nefarious, allowed these people in. The President had Secret Service protection at that point, and that raised a question with me.”
