A record number of Americans are fed up with Trump’s Twitter antics

By Jeremy Berke

President Donald Trump should stop tweeting, the vast majority of voters said in a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday.

A whopping 70 per cent of voters think the president should stop tweeting from his personal account, @realdonaldtrump, a number that has continued to grow over time.

Trump in recent weeks has used Twitter to castigate professional athletes including NFL players and NBA star Steph Curry, criticise members of his own party, such as Sens. Bob Corker and John McCain, and tease threats of a nuclear conflict with North Korea.

Overall, 56 per cent of voters disapprove of Trump’s job performance as president, compared to 57 per cent in the September poll, and 55 per cent said he isn’t fit to serve in office. However, 81 per cent of Republicans approve of Trump, while only 12 per cent disapprove.

“After a turbulent stretch of heartbreaking tragedies, President Donald Trump is still deep in negative territory,” Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in the press release.

Voters are more evenly split on Trump’s handling of the economy: 48 per cent of voters approve, while 46 per cent of voters disapprove. A total of 61 per cent of voters — close to an all-time high, notes Quinnipiac — said the country’s economy is “excellent,” or “good,” while 37 per cent said it is “not so good” or “poor.”