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The Public Is Growing Tired of Trump's Tweets, Says Voter Survey (arstechnica.com)
President Donald Trump is the tweeting president. His @realDonaldTrump handle has 31.8 million followers and "35K" tweets. While the president claims to use Twitter to "get the honest and unfiltered message out," many Americans aren't so fond of his favored form of communication. According to a new voter poll (PDF), the public is growing tired of Trump's tweets. Ars Technica reports: A Morning Consult, Politico survey published Wednesday found that 69 percent of voters who took the online survey said they thought Trump tweets too much. That's up from 56 percent from December, months before Trump took office. The survey said that 82 percent of Democrats polled thought Trump tweets too much, up from 75 percent in December. Republicans came in at 53 percent saying the president used Twitter too often, an 11-percent increase from December. Overall, 57 percent of voters who took the survey said Trump's tweets are hurting his presidency. Another 53 percent said his Twitter use undermines U.S. standing in the world. The poll found that 51 percent of all voters said Trump's tweets imperiled national security. What do you think of Trump's tweets? Do you think they are getting old, or do you find them particularly useful?
100% of late night comedians think he tweets just the right amount or not enough.
I say let Donnie tweet. He's fulfilling his destiny, plus doing the only stuff he's good at -- shameless self-aggrandizement, fanning the flames of hatred, intolerance and fear. and demonstrating an awesome ability to misdirect the limited attention of the American public. He is the reincarnation of PT Barnum.
Is it harming his presidency? I don't know. Twitter has nothing to do with this -- it's Trump's own ability to shoot himself in the foot then cut off someone else's leg & keep on dancing. Is he damaging the office and image of the POTUS? Possibly. More than Bill Clinton did? Tough call. More will be revealed. Is he making America look like a bunch of feuding siblings? I would argue that non-conciliatory congressional cliques like the Freedom Caucus and Tea Partiers have already driven a wedge between Americans and demonstrated that hatred, intolerance, lack of compassion and disrespect is the American social contract of the future. The governed have take up these arms to attack friends, neighbors and family. Is Trump imperiling national security? Sure seems like it from here, But again, he's just doing what he's good at. Let him be. America will be great -- a great bonfire. Trumps just pouring on the gas.
The Russians have won. They have made the world a cesspool of distrust, greed, fear and hate.
It's a nice tool for his dementia doctors to judge how his brain slowly disintegrates.