The White House on Thursday dubiously claimed a new poll showed President Donald Trump with a 57 percent approval rating instead of the verifiable number of 49 percent.

In a post on X, the White House attempted to boast that well over half of the electorate supported the job the president was doing.

“New poll,” it read. “57.11% of Americans APPROVE of President Trump! MAGA!”

The source listed in the graphic was Rasmussen Reports.

Yet a quick visit to Rasmussen’s daily presidential tracking poll revealed that Trump didn’t even have a majority of Americans’ backing as of Thursday.

The number of likely U.S. voters who approved and disapproved of Trump’s job performance was the same: 49 percent. Additionally, only 34 percent strongly approved of his performance, while 41 percent strongl

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