President Trump crowed Sunday about his poll numbers within the GOP base, claiming that his approval has soared “significantly” despite the ongoing firestorm over notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein.
“My Poll Numbers within the Republican Party, and MAGA, have gone up, significantly, since the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax was exposed by the Radical Left Democrats and, just plain ‘troublemakers,’” Trump boasted on Truth Social.
“They have hit 90%, 92%, 93%, and 95%, in various polls, and are all Republican Party records. The General Election numbers are my highest, EVER! People like Strong Borders, and all of the many other things I have done. GOD BLESS AMERICA. MAGA!”
It is not immediately clear which polls Trump was citing. Several recent surveys last week showed Trump with a robust approval rating among Republicans, such as a CNN poll that pegged it at 88% and a Quinnipiac poll that gauged it at 90%.
Both of those polls marked an uptick for Trump’s approval rating among his base, with a prior CNN poll pegging him at 86% and a prior Quinnipiac survey at 87%.
Trump’s brag about his polling numbers comes after controversy within part of his MAGA base over Epstein and demands that the administration release more information on the deceased pedophile.
The controversy was revived earlier this month after a memo from the Justice Department and FBI concluded there was no evidence that Epstein had a client list and that his death was most likely suicide.
That memo stoked uproar within the MAGA base and prompted top stars including Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, Megyn Kelly and others to publicly press for more transparency on Epstein.
Trump initially bristled at the controversy, dubbing it a “hoax” and claiming it was being driven by “radical left Democrats.” Many House Democrats quickly pounced on the controversy and sought to put Republicans on the spot by attempting to bring up a vote in the lower chamber to release the Epstein files.
Last week, Trump called for the release of the grand jury testimony on Epstein — a decision that will ultimately be up to the courts.
The ordeal appeared to be one of the rare instances in which Trump has taken heat from the MAGA wing of his party, but as the president noted, most recent polling shows that his approval ratings among Republicans are about as strong as ever.
A recent CBS News/YouGov survey pegged Republicans as being split on the Epstein issue, with 50% approving of Trump’s handling of the controversy, compared to 49% disapproving.
Among MAGA Republicans, 60% were satisfied, compared to 41% of non-MAGA Republicans, per the poll.
Still, 54% of Republican voters said the Epstein situation doesn’t matter at all in their evaluation of Trump’s presidency, compared to 11% who said it matters a lot and 35% who said it matters a little.
Outside of the GOP, Trump’s overall approval rating has slipped a tad with 45.5% of the country approving of his performance, compared to 52.1% disapproving, according to the latest RealClearPolitics aggregate of polling.
