Is Trump really more popular than Obama?

@TheHorse (206935)
Walnut Creek, California
August 10, 2017 9:19am CST
Did you hear the news that Trump re-tweeted a poll showing that people think he's a much better President than Obama was? It wasn't even close: something like 61% to 39%. Of course the same poll was done by the "Company" whose polls shows that something like 49% of Americans thought the Clintons murdered their political enemies. I don't usually do political posts, but does Trump scare you just a bit? Could he actually get us into a war with N. Korea?
President Trump took to Twitter on Thursday morning to share a Twitter poll that shows he is a "better" president than his predecessor.
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• United States
10 Aug 17
Scare me bit - that's an understatement....he has scared me long before he ever got into the political scene.
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Aug 17
Before he got into politics, he was just a buffoon to me.
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• United States
10 Aug 17
@TheHorse and still is but now the head fuffoon.
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Aug 17
@AbbyGreenhill It says something about Americans and their bitterness that he got almost half of the popular vote. We have to look in the mirror.
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@yukimori (10143)
• United States
10 Aug 17
As a person, what's there to be scared of? He's a little man who seems to have a personality disorder, who'd probably be utterly insignificant if it weren't for that "small" loan he received from his father. As a world leader, though, he's absolutely terrifying. He has no filter, and it seems based on the transcripts of calls that have been released that he honestly doesn't understand simple concepts, let alone the complexities of political interactions. He lives in a completely different reality than the people he's supposed to be governing, one in which discrediting and silencing the free press is acceptable because they're telling the truth instead of relentlessly painting him in a falsely positive light. He's absolutely capable of starting something on a world level, but at this point I'm not sure whether it's more likely for him to do it through ignorance or intention. If I must be completely honest, though, it's the die-hard Trump supporters who truly scare the crap out of me, because even in the face of objective evidence that Trump is not acting in the best interest of the majority of the American people they insist that he's a good man.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
12 Aug 17
@tallawah More than a few points...
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
12 Aug 17
@TheHorse Who wouldn't support a child who was murdered?
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Aug 17
I think that most "Trump supporters" voted the way that they did out of bitterness. Trump said things that resonated with the "shadows" of many Americans. Hillary was disingenuous. Obama pandered to clock-bomb boys and Trayvon Martin supporters. People were sick of the BS. But they let their emotions "trump" their intellects (and half of us have IQs of below 100 anyway).
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@celticeagle (159650)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Aug 17
I find that hard to believe. Trump says a lot of things. Very few are true. If anyone could get us into a war he's the one who could do. He says the darndest things.
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@celticeagle (159650)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Aug 17
@TheHorse .....He sure is. I got told I was hateful and cold when I told a Mylot member how I felt and thought of him. I think that people at least need to know what he is doing. Sure some of it is good but a lot of it is bad for this country. We are losing our credibility and that isn't good.
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Aug 17
He is like a spoiled child, isn't he?
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Aug 17
@celticeagle Heck, I would take Bush II over him.
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@much2say (53942)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Aug 17
Why is he even retweeting such a poll at all . . . how is this of any importance to the world? He tweets like a teenager . . . another attempt at a cheap jab.
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@much2say (53942)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Aug 17
@CoralLevang Right? They should take it away and not give it back until he is mature and responsible enough!
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Aug 17
Agreed. It's not "presidential" to tweet at all, much less tweet such nonsense.
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Aug 17
@CoralLevang Agreed. That would be a simple solution.
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@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
10 Aug 17
You can make polls force people to say anything.
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@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
14 Aug 17
@TheHorse So his 'real news' is just 'the fake news he likes to hear'
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug 17
@mythociate Sigh. Precisely.
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Aug 17
Heh. I love Groening. Trump's "source" is a wingnut conspiracy-theory-oriented site, as I understand it.
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@LadyDuck (459718)
• Switzerland
10 Aug 17
A better president? May be this is what HE thinks. I do not know about Americans, but this is not what European think.
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@LadyDuck (459718)
• Switzerland
11 Aug 17
@TheHorse I wonder how is it that intelligent people simply looking at his face could have voted for him.
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Aug 17
Most former Trump supporters I know (yes, I actually know some) are just shaking their heads now.
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Aug 17
@tallawah I hope they find something juicy about his ties to Russia.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
11 Aug 17
I'm pretty sure it's a fake poll but even if it's not it's certainly not reliable. I read that over half of Trump's Twitter followers are fake bots so that probably explains how a poll could have such shocking results. Trump scares me more than just a bit and I'm sure he's going to get us into a war with North Korea. I'm afraid it's more likely than not that it will go nuclear. I hope the "deplorables" who voted for him are happy now.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
19 Aug 17
@JeeyanDee I think I get where you're coming from. Trump gets "ratings" because people don't want to miss the trainwreck they know they're going to see. With President Obama and pretty much every other past POTUS people had their opinions, their disagreements with some of them, but they kind of felt secure in general, at least they didn't fear our leader would start a nuclear war or that our democracy was in danger of destruction. Trump is an existential threat.
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Aug 17
I think they were just bitter about Obama's PC stuff and Hillary's obvious two-faced nature. But they know now that they've made a terrible mistake. I hope he gets impeached before he gets us all killed.
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
19 Aug 17
@anniepa Yes that is very true. I didn't feel the need to watch your news back when Obama was president because I was confident he is intelligent enough to not do something that could end the existence of mankind. Trump, on the other hand, compels me to be informed with everything that he does just in case I need to move in a cave and live there while world war 3 is going on.
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@youless (112141)
• Guangzhou, China
10 Aug 17
It is hard to say. But it seems Donald Trump has supporters and also there are people who object him all the time. I often see his news from TV. Perhaps his words always get attention. He is a very different politician. Perhaps he can be true to himself.
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@yukimori (10143)
• United States
10 Aug 17
If there's one thing we can depend on when it comes to Donald Trump, it's that he'll be true to himself. He's a self-centered little man who is incapable of acting in the best interests of anyone besides himself... which may be true of many politicians, but Trump isn't sophisticated enough to successfully conceal his true self.
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Aug 17
@yukimori Well said.
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@marguicha (216034)
• Chile
21 Sep 17
I don´t know about the US citizens (I still don´t understand how he was elected). But at least in my country, Obama is seen with a lot of respect that President Trump does not have.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
10 Aug 17
I was just listening to the news and the guy said that when Trump took office and was briefed by Obama that the biggest treat to the USA was and is N. Korea . So this is not anything new, its been around but so many people (men) want to do the..... I will say it ladylike, Power play, and this is the result. Popularity makes no difference to me, things the country needs fixed is what matters to me. And my opinion is the Clintons are a huge part of why the US is the way it is now. I did like old Bill to began with But..... He thought about who he was going to sleep with next more than he should have, cause he got told on and for some odd reason was not kicked out of office, Ya know Alabama`s Gov. just resigned because he was on trial for having an affair?
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Aug 17
Hadn't heard about the Alabama Governor. Was he a good Governor?
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Aug 17
@andriaperry I can't blame any individual. It had to be a perfect storm to get that guy elected, and it was.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Aug 17
@TheHorse So so, Robert Bentley it was not but a few months ago
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@Shiva49 (26233)
• Singapore
10 Aug 17
I did not expect him to become the POTUS but I felt a change was needed. He has proved quite a handful to the world at large! It is not business as usual anyway and he is blowing hot and cold. Lots of brinkmanship in the way he deals with issues. Personally I liked Obama but every moment throws up a leader and I do hope Trump finds a magic wand for peace soon - siva
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
11 Aug 17
"Peace" is one thing we're not going to see with this horrible little man.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
12 Aug 17
@TheHorse Well, he IS a piece of $h1t...
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Aug 17
I don't think "peace" is his "strong suit."
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Aug 17
Yes, this idiot scares the hell out of me.
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Aug 17
If and when he gets impeached, will they get Pence too? Someone told me hes good at keeping his nose clean. What is the Speaker of the House like? I don't really know him.
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Aug 17
@teamfreak16 I'd take his sorry azz over Trump too. I think he'd have the common sense not to get us into a war with a rogue nation.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Aug 17
@TheHorse - Paul Ryan. Typical political hypocrite.
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@RubyHawk (99423)
• Atlanta, Georgia
11 Aug 17
Trump scares the heck out of me. If he doesn't calm down and listen to cooler heads we're in trouble. I believe he's mentally deficient.
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Aug 17
I can't tell if he merely suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder or is an actual Sociopath.
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Aug 17
@tallawah Yes, I have.
@RubyHawk (99423)
• Atlanta, Georgia
12 Aug 17
@tallawah I've seen and heard it all He's a disgusting excuse for a man.
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
11 Aug 17
My vote is for Obama.......... though I am outsider
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Aug 17
He did some things that ticked me off. But he was certainly better than Trump.
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@TheHorse (206935)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Aug 17
@QuantumJoy That's pretty much the way I feel.