POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “A majority of voters believe President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed is harmful to his presidency and the nation’s standing in the world. The president‘s Twitter feed, which has more than 52 million followers, is his primary communications tool. But more than 3 in 5 voters, 62 percent, think Trump’s use of Twitter is “a bad thing,“ up from 59 percent a year ago. Only 20 percent call Trump’s tweeting “a good thing,“ down slightly from 23 percent last June, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. Nearly 3 in 4 voters take issue with the frequency of his habit — 72 percent say Trump uses Twitter too much, up from 69 percent last June. Even among Republicans, a majority says Trump tweets too much: 58 percent, up from 53 percent this time last year. Still, there’s little evidence it’s costing him with the GOP base. But despite the megaphone Trump’s Twitter account represents, few voters think he is doing himself — or the country — much good on the platform. A 59-percent majority say Trump’s use of Twitter hurts his presidency, compared with only 19 percent who say it helps. Fifty-one percent say Trump’s Twitter use actually hurts national security; 13 percent say it helps, and 22 percent say it doesn’t have much impact either way. And 57 percent say Trump’s tweets hurt the country’s standing in the world; just 14 percent say they help the nation’s standing.”
-Steven Shepard, “Poll: Trump’s tweets damage the nation,” Politico, May 31, 2018 5:33 am