Trump’s Numbers Tell the Truth—The Media Still Won’t |
Context matters. Timing matters. And facts—despite the best efforts of a hostile media ecosystem—still matter.
So let’s begin with something very simple and very inconvenient for President Trump’s critics: the numbers.
On December 18 of the first year of their most recent terms, the RealClearPolitics averages tell a story the press refuses to tell. Donald Trump stood at 43.6% approval. Joe Biden was at 43%. George W. Bush sat at 41%. Barack Obama—long lionized as the media’s gold standard—was at 40%.
Let that sink in.
At this exact moment in his presidency, Donald Trump is nearly four full points more popular than Barack Obama was. Not in some cherry-picked poll. Not among a friendly demographic. But in the same apples-to-apples, calendar-matched comparison.
That’s not spin. That’s math.
And it’s against that backdrop that President Trump addressed the nation last night.
All day long, breathless speculation swirled. Cable panels whispered. Social media “experts” pontificated. Anonymous sources hinted darkly that Trump was about to announce a war with Venezuela. The tone was familiar—panic first, facts later. Or never.
But when the President spoke, there was no declaration of war. No saber-rattling theatrics. No diversionary foreign adventure.
Instead, he did........