Overview
- At a ceremony for Angel Families, President Trump rejected a reported 40% approval figure as fake and claimed he is much higher.
- CNN data analyst Harry Enten highlighted a pre–State of the Union poll and said Trump’s approval has never been weaker.
- Enten pointed to steep erosion with independents, with one segment reported at roughly minus 47 points compared with a year earlier.
- Coverage noted surveys placing overall approval around 40%, with one cited reading as low as 36%.
- Trump also referenced what he called silent support, while critics on social media pressed him to produce the real polls he mentioned.