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Demovictory9

(32,423 posts)
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:03 PM May 2020

More than 6 in 10 Americans do not trust the information about the coronavirus from Trump

A poll number that should scare President Trump


More than 6 in 10 Americans do not trust the information about the coronavirus that they get from President Donald Trump, according to a new CNN national poll.

That's an absolutely remarkable finding that speaks not just to Trump's trust deficit in dealing with this global pandemic but the broader impact of his assault on truth during his first 3+ years in office.

(Trump had said more than 18,000 false or misleading things during his first 1,170 days in office -- an average of 15 claims a day -- according to The Washington Post.)

A significant majority of Americans -- including 94% of Democrats, 66% of independents and even 14% of Republicans -- do not believe that the leader of the country is shooting them straight on the central issue facing the country and the world, which has to be concerning for the President and his team.

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RKP5637

(67,088 posts)
1. I think/hope more and more Americans are getting that we have a con artist and liar
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:15 PM
May 2020

as president, along with being a narcissist and a sociopath,

Renew Deal

(81,847 posts)
2. But he was correct when he said that injecting bleach will help with coronavirus
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:15 PM
May 2020

People will no longer be sick if they inject it.

struggle4progress

(118,236 posts)
3. "How could you not trust me? I had a university named after me! I had a charitable foundation
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:30 PM
May 2020

named after me! I bought you millions and millions of doses of hydroxychloroquine!"

ecstatic

(32,653 posts)
5. Many of his supporters don't trust him on this issue because they feel
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:59 PM
May 2020

he's being mislead or bamboozled by Fauci.

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