In The Post's poll, only 21 percent of GOP voters said Trump's Twitter habit is doing more to help his presidency than to hurt it. Seven months ago, a plurality of Republican voters viewed Trump's Twitter feed as more “effective” than “distracting”; now, they say 2 to 1 that it does more to hurt Trump's presidency than to help it. Note that while 43 percent of Republicans in The Post's poll said Trump's tweeting hurts his presidency, only 22 percent of Republicans withheld their overall approval of Trump's job performance. “When somebody says something about me, I am able to go bing, bing, bing, and I take care of it,” Trump added. But the latest poll numbers suggest that Trump isn't always scoring points with his GOP base when he goes “bing, bing, bing.” For many supportive voters, Trump's Twitter habit is something they put up with, not something they relish.

Source: Washington Post January 22, 2018 15:56 UTC