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Support forPresident Donald Trumpis waning amid tumult in the White House.
Additionally, the national survey found that 49 percent of those polled supportedbeginning the process of impeachment— and that when the results only included responses from women, the number increased to 57 percent.
The poll was conducted from August 26 to August 29, just days after Trump’s former campaign chairmanPaul Manafortwasconvictedof eight felony counts of bank and tax fraud, and Trump’s former lawyerMichael Cohenpleaded guilty to eight criminal counts, including tax fraud, false statements to a bank, and campaign finance violations.
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Amidincreased calls for his impeachment, Trump, 72, defended himself during an interview that aired last week onFox & Friends, saying, “I don’t know how you can impeach somebody who’s done a great job.”
“If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash,” he continued. “I think everybody would be very poor because without this thinking you would see — you would see numbers that you wouldn’t believe in reverse.”
When asked what grade he would give himself for his job performance in the White House, he said he gave himself “an A+.”
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On Sunday, just days after the interview aired, Trump also tweeted out the results to a poll that claimed his approval rating was actually 52 percent.
CNN wasnot able to find proofof a single poll that matched Trump’s claim.
source: people.com
