President Donald Trump is insisting “I call my own shots” and that any negative polling data is “fake news.”
He wrote the message in a tweet at around 7 a.m. on Monday, and while it’s unclear what prompted the tweet, it might have been spurred on by several negative polls last week. There was one poll last week that showed that some voters weren’t happy with Trump’s executive order that bars citizens from seven countries from entering the U.S.
However, Rasmussen Reports’ daily tracking polls shows that Trump’s approval rating has been steadily increasing. Meanwhile, another poll found that the majority of Americans think the media is “too tough” on Trump.
Regarding Trump’s “I call my own shots” comment, it might be in reference to constant media speculation about the people close to him—namely former Breitbart chief Steve Bannon—giving him advice.
