MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2019Poll numbers and ratings
plummet for racist Trump
The president complained that media focus on his racism is a ‘witch hunt’ (AP)
CHRIS BAYNES
Donald Trump has vented his anger over media coverage of his repeated racism after a series of polls
showed his approval ratings had fallen and that he was on track to lose the 2020 election.
The president lashed out in a series of early-morning tweets yesterday, renewing his attack on The New
York Times in an apparent continuation of his longstanding campaign to discredit news organisations which
cover stories he does not approve of.
In the posts, he complains about the newspaper shifting its focus from coverage of special counsel Robert
Mueller’s investigation into his campaign’s links with Russia to “a Racism Witch Hunt”.