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Just how popular is Donald Trump? Two weeks into the new presidents term, its a matter of some dispute.

Traditional phone polls that use live interviewers including some of the most trusted polls in politics and media report limited support for Trump and the controversial executive orders hes signed. But automated phone and Internet-based surveys tell a different story. Once the element of anonymity is added, the presidents approval ratings suddenly look a lot better.

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Its reigniting the campaign debate over whether pollsters are accurately measuring Trumps popularity or the breadth of support for his policies. The White House is already seizing on the issue, and forcefully pushing back against the early narrative that the president is suffering from historically bad polling numbers.

At Fridays White House press briefing, when asked to comment on a newly-released CBS News poll conducted by live interviewers which put Trumps approval rating at only 40 percent, press secretary Sean Spicer was ready with an alternate data point.

I think theres also a Rasmussen poll that showed he had a 51-percent approval rating, Spicer replied sharply.

In referring to an automated poll that put the presidents popularity in the black, Spicer actually understated Trumps level of support. According to Rasmussen Reports most recent survey released Friday, 54 percent of likely voters approved of the presidents job performance.

The debate is a flashback to last falls election in which Trump ran ahead of his poll numbers, particularly in the Upper Midwest states that propelled him to victory. And just like during the campaign season, theres evidence suggesting that Americans may be less willing to admit they support the president and his actions if they are talking to another person on the phone, compared to polls completed with the anonymity of the internet or an automated phone interface.

I think youre getting two things, said John McLaughlin, a Republican pollster who worked for Trump during the campaign. One, the online surveys, people are more likely to put in an honest answer because theyre not speaking to a human being.

McLaughlin notes there are other differences. Some polls, like Rasmussen Reports, survey likely voters, though it isnt clear in which election the respondents are likely to vote. The POLITICO/Morning Consult poll is conducted among registered voters, while Gallup and CNN/ORC survey all adults.

Generally, polls of all adults are more Democratic-leaning, while likely-voter polls tilt more toward Republicans. Self-identified Republicans have been more likely to turn out in recent elections than their counterparts in the other party.

A poll of all adults about the new administration will tell you what a possible electorate will look like if everyone showed up, McLaughlin said. But they dont.

The disparities between modes of polling are hard to miss. Majorities of Americans in Gallup, CBS News and CNN/ORC polls all live-interviewer released this week disapprove of both Trumps order temporarily banning citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. and the indefinite suspension of the U.S.s Syrian refugee program. The presidents approval ratings are underwater in all of them, and two of the polls report a majority disapproves of Trumps performance to date.

Those results differ from other polls utilizing newer, more anonymous methodologies. Polls conducted over the internet from Reuters/Ipsos and Huffington Post/YouGov indicate, on balance, support for these initiatives is modestly higher among Americans than opposition. A Rasmussen Reports survey, conducted via automated telephone calls, pegs support for the order at 52 percent among likely voters, with 43 percent opposed. The Democratic automated-phone pollster Public Policy Polling finds opposition to the ban (49 percent) only marginally greater than support for it (47 percent) among registered voters.

Trumps average approval rating in live-caller surveys is only 41 percent, with 49 percent disapproving. But averaging together the five most recent internet or automated phone calls yields a 48-percent approval rating for Trump, with 46 percent disapproval.

This weeks POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, conducted over the internet, was among the most positive for Trump: 49 percent of registered voters approved of his job performance, while only 41 percent disapproved.

A supporter cheers as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk in the inaugural parade after being sworn in at the 58th presidential inauguration on Jan. 20. | Getty

Kyle Dropp, Morning Consults co-founder and chief research officer, acknowledged that the polls online methodology could explain why it showed Trump in better shape than other, live-interview surveys.

There could be a mode effect at play like there was during the election, Dropp said.

Throughout the campaign, researchers studied whether shy Trump voters people who intended to vote for Trump but didnt want to admit it to pollsters existed, and whether they could tip the race to the New York businessman. A study from POLITICO and Morning Consult in October of last year showed only a slight difference between voters interviewed online and over the phone.

The presence of a live interviewer on the other end of the phone line isnt the only difference between the surveys. Each of the polls uses different question wording that may contribute to the differences between them with Rasmussens invoking of keeping out individuals who are terrorist threats perhaps leading to the strongest support measured by the polls thus far.

So far, polling on the performance of the nascent Trump administration is limited. And there are only a handful of readings for the most controversial of Trumps actions thus far: the immigration and refugee order issued just last Friday.

But the presidents first two weeks in the White House raise questions about whether Trump is better viewed than traditional measures indicate and whether the hard edge of some of his provocative stances and statements will make it difficult to accurately gauge his support right up until his likely reelection bid in 2020.

Pollsters are already studying the emerging phenomenon, though theres no consensus yet on whether social-desirability bias respondents reticence to express support for Trump because they believe he is viewed negatively by others is the main driver.

For now, the polling gap provides talking points for all sides.

The president understands this is a marathon, not a sprint, Spicer said at his Friday press briefing. As he continues to get people back to work [and] protect this country, I think the poll numbers will act in accord.

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Remember when conflicts of interest, apparent and actual, mattered? Remember when being the president of the United States was considered an act of patriotic service not a business opportunity? That time in American history has passed. Donald Trump is the president, and along with hollowing out American norms, institutions, and reality, he is going to make money from being president. He is making money from being president. Mar-a-Lago, which Trump has dubbed the Winter White House, doubled its membership fee to $200,000 just days after the inauguration. And thats surely just the surface of the profiteeringshameless chump change compared to bigger, darker moves that have been hinted at by friends and family.

Trumpand his team of lawyers, financiers, and apologists, of coursewill point to stacks of paper and the fact that he appears to no longer be in control of the day-to-day operations of the Trump Organization as evidence that all is well. But, as a front-page story in the New York Times on Saturday outlines, Trump is still closely tied to his business interests; he still profits from them, and he still has ultimate control over them.

So lets just be clear about whats happening here: Donald Trump, temporary president of the United States, is still a businessman.

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President Donald Trump has continued to fire away at his perceived rivals through his personal Twitter account, left, since taking office. | Getty

By Aidan Quigley

02/04/17 07:43 AM EST

Updated 02/04/17 09:22 AM EST

During his first two weeks as president, Donald Trump attacked 22 people, places and things on his @realDonaldTrump account, as he shows no sign of breaking his Twitter addiction.

Even though he inherited former President Barack Obama's @POTUS account, Trump has continued to fire away at his perceived rivals through his personal account, which has millions more followers than the official channel.

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Here are the main targets that have drawn Trump's ire since he was sworn in on Jan. 20.

1. Political establishment in Washington D.C. (Jan. 20)

On Inauguration Day, Trump, continuing his populist message from the campaign, criticized the political establishment in Washington D.C. for having consolidated power away from the American people. He also criticized the political establishment for forgetting some Americans.

2. Womens marchers (Jan. 22)

The Jan. 21 Womens March on Washington drew at least 470,000 to Washington and inspired similar marches across the country. Trump blasted the protesters, asking why they didnt vote, and said celebrity supporters hurt the cause.

3. Chicago (Jan. 24)

Trump criticized the citys leadership for crime in the city, saying he would send in the Feds if the city couldn't address the carnage. In response, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel said he wanted greater involvement and funding from the federal government to address the citys violence. 2016 was the citys deadliest year in decades with 762 murders and 4,3000 shooting victims.

4. Chelsea Manning (Jan. 26)

As one of his last moves in office, Obama commuted all but four months of Mannings sentence for revealing American military and diplomatic activity in a 2010 leak. Mannings leak revealed abuses of detainees by Iraqi officials working with U.S. forces and that civilian deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan were higher than estimates from the Pentagon. Trump blasted Manning after she published an op-ed in the Guardian criticizing Obama for not being bold enough.

5. Mexico (Jan. 26-27)

Trump escalated his feud with Mexican president Enrique Pea Nieto by proceeding with his campaign promise to build a wall on the border with Mexico. Trump tweeted that NAFTA was a one-sided deal and said if Mexico wasnt going to pay for the wall, Pea Nieto should cancel his visit. The Mexican president canceled his visit in response. However, Trump and Pea Nieto have since had a constructive phone conversation in which they agreed to stop publicly arguing over Trumps proposed border wall, according to Mexico's foreign minister.

6. The New York Times (Jan. 28-29, Feb. 4) & 7. The Washington Post (Jan. 29) & 8. The media (Jan. 30, Feb. 3)

Trump sharply criticized the New York Times and Washington Post, calling the Times FAKE NEWS and saying the Times and Posts coverage of him has been false and angry. Trump said the Times readership was dwindling," but the Times' number of paid subscribers actually doubled in 2016. He also called the media the opposition party after his chief strategist Steve Bannon used the same language. Furthermore, he said the FAKE NEWS media lied about his conversation with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, which the Washington Post reported featured Trump blasting Turnbull for a refugee agreement he made with President Obama and abruptly ending the conversation 25 minutes into what was supposed to be an hour-long call.

9. Americas borders and vetting of immigrants and refugees (Jan. 29)

The president said America needed stronger borders, as the situation in Europe and the world is a horrible mess.

10. John McCain & 11. Lindsey Graham (Jan. 29)

President Trump went after the two Republicans senators after they released a joint statement criticizing Trumps executive order that temporarily banned travel from seven Muslim-majority countries and indefinitely banned Syrian refugees. Trump said McCain and Graham were weak on immigration and should focus on illegal immigration instead of always looking to start World War III.

12. Delta computers (Jan. 30)

Trump said the big problems at the airports over the weekend to were due to an outage of Delta computers. Deltas major computer outage caused the cancellation of around 300 flights.

13. Immigrants and refugees from the countries included in the ban (Jan. 30, Feb. 1)

In light of the criticism over Trumps order, the president took to Twitter to defend it, saying if it had been announced ahead of implementation, bad dudes would have rushed into the country.

14. Chuck Schumer (Jan. 30-31)

Protests erupted in response to Trumps executive order, and Schumer teared up at a press conference discussing the ban. Trump blamedthe problems at the airports in part on Schumers tears. He later said Schumers tears were fake while criticizing a rally Schumer and Nancy Pelosi held to protest the travel ban.

15. The Democratic Party (Jan. 30-31)

Trump criticized the Democratic Party for not doing enough to keep jobs in the United States. He also echoed a criticism the administration and congressional Republicans have been leveraging against Democrats on the speed of the confirmations of Trump cabinet nominees, which are taking longer than Trumps predecessors.

16. Nancy Pelosi (Jan. 31)

Trump criticized a rally Pelosi and Schumer held to protest the travel ban. The rally was attended by thousands of protesters.

17. Iran (Feb. 1-3)

During the campaign, Trump spoke out against the Obama administration's Iran deal. The Obama administration said the Iran deal would prevent the country from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Trump continued his tough stance on Iran by criticizing the nuclear deal and creating new sanctions on Iran for test-firing a medium-range ballistic missile, which the White House said was in violation of a U.N. resolution.

19. President Obama (Feb. 1-3)

Along with criticizing the Obama administrations Iran deal, Trump criticized Obama for a refugee agreement with Australia.

20. U.C. Berkeley (Feb. 2)

Donald Trump threatened to cut federal funding from U.C. Berkeley after the university canceled an event featuring alt-right figure and controversial Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos due to violent protests.

21. Arnold Schwarzenegger (Feb. 3)

At the annual National Prayer Breakfast, President Trump said Schwarzenegger, his replacement as host of The Apprentice, has been a total disaster and asked the audience to pray for Schwarzenegger and The Apprentice's ratings. After Schwarzenegger replied in a video saying he and Trump should switch jobs so Americans can finally sleep comfortably again. Trump then blasted Schwarzenegger on Twitter as a bad governor and even worse host of The Apprentice.

22. Protesters (Feb. 3)

From the Womens March on Washington to the airport protests on the immigration ban, protests have been common during Trumps presidency. On Friday, Trump criticized the professional anarchists, thugs and paid protesters, who have opposed his agenda.

23. The judge who blocked his travel ban (Feb. 4)

Trump quickly lashed out at U.S. District Court Judge James Robart, the federal judge appointed by President George W. Bush who issued a broad block of his travel ban.

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