Trump, in Japan, Calls for Ban on 'Fake' Ads

While traveling to Japan to meet Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, President Trump posted on Truth Social calling Democratic ads showing low polls 'fake' and urging a ban, while claiming he'd won "THREE Elections, BY A LOT" and touting the "best Polling Numbers." He credited a strong economy, falling energy prices, trillions in investment, a "record setting strong border," and said he had "ended 8 wars in eight months." Multiple news outlets and data analysts, including CNN's Harry Enten and Gallup trackers, disputed those claims, finding historically low approval and weak economic net ratings and concluding the "8 wars" and rapidly falling energy-price assertions are unsupported. Reporting also highlights economic strain — weakening consumer confidence, SNAP disruptions affecting millions, and rising health, grocery and utility costs — and shows some polls with growing souring among key groups such as Hispanic voters even as other trackers found his approval roughly steady through the recent government shutdown. Democrats have shifted some ad strategy toward targeted critiques of Trump's record, which he denounces as fraudulent, and he separately ruled out running as vice president in 2028.