Trump said on Truth Social the other day that his "real" approval rating is 64%. He is a liar. It is 40% (56% disapprove):

It is important to call out authoritarians when they try to manufacture consent for their unpopular agendas. The short period from Nov 2024 - Mar 2025, when there was a stubborn mass belief that Trump had a “mandate” and Americans supported his agenda, probably fed into a lot of complacency and complicity at the beginning of his term. But it was all just hypeposting!