The image, which may or may not have been edited by Trump Jr. himself, was removed by Trump Jr. from his Instagram account after people dragged him on social media.
— William LeGate (@williamlegate) August 8, 2018
It showed President Donald Trump's approval rating to be at 50 percent, according to polls. It's actually at 40.
"I guess there is a magic wand to make things happen," Trump Jr. wrote.
Donald Trump Jr. shared a poorly edited still from a TV report comparing “Trump and Obama by the numbers,” which boosted the current president’s approval rating by a whopping 10 percentage points.
Original CNN report on "Trump and Obama by the numbers" from which Donald Trump Jr. shared a doctored image.
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The image appears to have come from a CNN segment on Monday fact checking President Trump's claim he has "better numbers than Obama at this point, by far."
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 5, 2018
According to Gallup, the source of the poll, the president's approval rating is "weak historically."
