Poll: Majority describe Trump as a ‘bully’ who ‘says what he thinks’

A majority of likely American voters said President Trump is a “bully” who “says what he thinks”, according to a new Fox News poll surveying how voters would describe him.

The Fox News poll, released Wednesday, shows that 90 percent of those polled would use the phrase “says what he thinks” to describe Trump, while 81 percent says this trait describes Trump “extremely” or “very” well.

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The next closest descriptor Americans chose was “bully,” which 73 percent of respondents said at least somewhat describes the president. They were less sure about this descriptor, but 53 percent said it “extremely” or “very” well described how Trump runs the White House.

When it comes to other descriptions of Trump, there were other bright spots in the poll. At least 52 percent of the voters interviewed “somewhat” described Trump as a “strong leader,” while 54 percent said the same about him being “competent.”

There was other criticism in the poll as well: 44 percent of respondents said Trump was “very” or “extremely” unstable, while another 16 percent said he was “somewhat” unstable.

The descriptors least used to describe Trump were all top answers for other past presidents.

Just 25 percent were likely to call him “presidential” or a “moral leader,” while 26 percent were likely to call him “compassionate.” More than half of those interviewed said they would never use these words to describe Trump. 

Fox News conducted phone interviews with 1,006 registered voters Aug. 27-29 and has a margin of error of 3 percentage points.