Trump Gets Instant Fact Check Over 'Proud' Brag At The UN: 'Does He Just Not Know?'

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered a rambling speech at the United Nations to champion himself and the supposed victories of his controversial administration, with one brag earning the immediate ire of critics on social media.Before claiming to have “ended” seven wars and “defeated” inflation, Trump touted his crackdown on immigration as a “humanitarian act” that saves people from dying during their journeys into the US, and said he reached historic US approval ratings as a result.“By them not coming, we’re saving tremendous numbers of lives,” he added. “My people have done a fantastic job in doing what they did, and the American public agrees with it. I mean, I was very proud to see this morning I have the highest poll numbers I’ve ever had.”Trump was almost immediately fact-checked by critics on social media, however, who noted that the latest YouGov/Economist poll published earlier this month placed his overall approval rating at an all-time low of 39%.“Highest poll numbers? It must have been a private polling of sycophants and ass kissers because in the real world his poll numbers are far below sea level,” wrote one user on X, formerly Twitter, with another person asking: “He reading the charts upside down?”While Trump certainly has numerous polls to pick from, none from reputable sources appear to make his case.Trump: "I was very proud to see this morning I have the highest poll numbers I've ever had." pic.twitter.com/8xakEegoDm— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 23, 2025That point was made just as swiftly on Tuesday on social media, where several users shared summaries of the president’s current approval rating – with Reuters/Ipsos, Gallup and Quinnipiac polls showing his overall approval rating at 42%, 40% and 37%, respectively.“It must be nice to be this fucking delusional all the time,” one user wrote Tuesday on X, with another person commenting: “So someone’s spoon-feeding him fake news in bite-sized pieces and dumb cartoons that totally distort reality, huh?”Trump has had an obsession with ratings at least as far back as when he hosted NBC’s The Apprentice. With the numbers clearly not in his favour now, one user wondered: “Serious question, is he lying, are people lying to him, or does he just not know?”pic.twitter.com/84qeCp50Ag— Chris Havens 🇨🇦 (@birddman19) September 23, 2025Trump: I have the highest poll numbers ever 🤡If lying was a sport, he'd be an Olympian pic.twitter.com/iqzhURGuIH— Milenka~ (@MilenaAmit) September 23, 2025pic.twitter.com/KAu23GJBc7— 𝔾𝕦𝕪 ∴🎗 (@Guy33566354) September 23, 2025The only president who polled lower than you was also you, Don. The president is not well. This is bad. America looks weak, frail and cruel. He needs to resign.— Dj Omega Mvp (@DjOmegaMVP) September 23, 2025pic.twitter.com/fUw6GHrOMr— 🌊MforFreedom. #Resist (@gamelin_m) September 23, 2025Related...Sadiq Khan Tears Into Trump After President's Attack: 'He Is Racist, Sexist And Islamophobic''Deeply Mistaken': Putin's Allies Jump Furiously To His Defence After Trump's U-Turn On Russia

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