Trump’s polling numbers are the lowest they’ve ever been, and his reaction was exactly the whiny tantrum you’d expect – 17 scathing clapbacks
In the least surprising news since the spectacularly bad opening figures for the Melania documentary, Donald Trump’s approval ratings are what could be described as ‘down the toilet’ – and with a low bar already well and truly set, they’ve managed to limbo under his previous ‘personal worst’.
New poll numbers shows Trump's approval ratings. pic.twitter.com/3Y4w7lPCvx
— Neelotpal Srivastav (@NS_Neelotpal) February 23, 2026
trend lines for Trump from CNN polls over the last year through today: pic.twitter.com/C1KEwUmUNU
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) February 23, 2026
During a solemn memorial to US citizens killed by undocumented migrants, he had a petulant outburst on the topic of the polls, and you can probably guess what his take on them was …”FAKE NEWS!”
Trump: "Fake polls — I got one today. I saw one today that I'm at 40%. I'm not at 40%. I'm at much higher than that. I'd love to run against anybody. The real polls say 'you'd kill everybody, it wouldn't even be close.'" pic.twitter.com/X0DBmbG1bX
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 23, 2026
He also reached for that old chestnut – silent support. If there’s one thing we can say about Maga, it’s that they’re not renowned for shutting TF up.
Trump alludes to his bad polls: "It just amazes me that there is not more support out there. We actually have a silent support." pic.twitter.com/qhbB7iwWea
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 23, 2026
Twitter wasn’t surprised to see the president denying reality once again, but they still had a few things to say about it.
1.
Everything I don’t like is fake! https://t.co/tb0zCV34xt
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) February 23, 2026
2.
Bro is delusional.
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) February 23, 2026
3.
🚨WTF: At a gathering for the families of victims of foreign crime – Trump takes time to whine about his low poll numbers.
“Fake polls. I got one today. I saw one today that I'm at 40%. I'm not at 40%. I'm at much higher than that.”
His is a sick man.
pic.twitter.com/3ZXDc2ZVVQ— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) February 23, 2026
4.
America is getting one heckuva crash course in why it's bad to have a leader incapable of admitting when things aren't working. https://t.co/PrxCMk928h
— Calvin Freiburger ✝️ 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 (@CalFreiburger) February 23, 2026
5.
He’s allergic to reality https://t.co/izbDd14K3O
— Jared Shult (@jared_shult) February 23, 2026
6.
Not this again… pic.twitter.com/LOWGRaMRyB
— ⚘️Carina (@Carina_Amyth) February 23, 2026
7.
He’s delirious again pic.twitter.com/xsywtwyrFT
— TrumpsEar (@TrumpsEar80) February 23, 2026
8.
We spend a lot of time talking about how Trump lies so often, but I think we really need to question the information that’s being put in front of him, too. Even Rasmussen has his approval rating tanking, so what polls is he talking about? https://t.co/T5AK5K9mbN
— Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis) February 23, 2026
9.
🚨 Trump admits the polls are bad — then falls back on the oldest excuse in the book:
“We actually have a silent support.” pic.twitter.com/OPcdxfnxoW
— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) February 23, 2026