Overview
- Minutes after arriving in Japan on his Asia trip, President Trump posted on Truth Social calling for a ban on ads he says misrepresent his polling.
- He asserted he has "won THREE Elections" and is receiving his best polling ever, offering no evidence and citing no specific surveys.
- Trump did not identify which advertisements he was referencing, and news outlets reported no immediate clarification from the White House.
- Polling aggregators including Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin and RealClearPolitics show approval in the low-to-mid 40s with net negative ratings, echoed by recent Quinnipiac and Reuters/Ipsos results.
- The outburst follows his criticism of an Ontario government ad using a Ronald Reagan clip, after which he announced a 10% hike in tariffs on Canadian imports.