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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

Trump demands a ban on ‘fake ads’ that show off his shrinking polling numbers

With just days to go until his high-stakes sit-down with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, President Donald Trump appears to be fixated on yet more television advertisements airing in the United States.

Just minutes after Air Force One landed in Japan for the second leg of his trade-focused trip to Asia on Monday, Trump took to Truth Social with a seemingly unprompted screed in which he falsely claimed to have won the 2020 election (which he lost to now-former president Joe Biden) and alleged that his approval ratings are higher than at any point in his decade atop the political scene.

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