Since he took office almost three years ago, President Trump has, on dozens of occasions, tweeted out poll numbers that show him enjoying majority support nationally or overwhelming, even historic (to hear Trump tell it) support among Republicans.
On no occasion have those polls reflected independently calculated polling averages; on many occasions, they appear to have been fabricated out of whole cloth.
Trump’s really leaned into these fantasyland poll numbers of late, using them, it seems, to try to demonstrate to his base — and any potentially wobbly Republicans on Capitol Hill — that he still enjoys broad support from Republican voters and decent support nationally. CONT.
Philip Bump, Washington Post