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Comedian Bill Maher ribbed President Trump on Friday over his dismal poll numbers and the blowback to a massive upcoming bash on the National Mall celebrating America's 250th birthday.

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... Trump's job approval rating slipped to a record low of 34 percent this week, according to a poll conducted by YouGov and The Economist, amid a deeply unpopular war with Iran that has strained the U.S. economy.

A separate poll found that the president's support among white adults without college degrees -- a usually reliable group of voters for Trump -- is also falling. Trump had a +28 net approval rating among the group when his second term began but that slipped to -4 as of mid-May.

"That was always his base. That's like Taco Bell losing stoners," Maher joked in the opening monologue of his HBO late-night show "Real Time with Bill Maher."

"I mean, really, losing the non-college-educated white people? What does he have to do, stage UFC fights on the lawn? Oh, wait, we're doing that, I forgot. We actually are doing that. My bad," the host added. ...


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