President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday to tout achievements from his first year in office and rip "Fake News" and the U.S. Postal Service.
Repeating the claim that he is unfairly maligned by mainstream news outlets, the president said his approval rating was "approximately the same as President Obama on Dec. 28, 2009."
The president apparently was referring to polling by Rasmussen Reports, which reported an approval rating of 46 percent for Trump on Dec. 28, and 47 percent for former President Barack Obama on the same day in 2009.
Other polling services, such as Gallup, YouGov and Ipsos, put the president's approval rating at lower than 40 percent.
While the Fake News loves to talk about my so-called low approval rating, @foxandfriends just showed that my rating on Dec. 28, 2017, was approximately the same as President Obama on Dec. 28, 2009, which was 47%...and this despite massive negative Trump coverage & Russia hoax!
The president also retweeted a series of posts from Republican politico Charlie Kirk, executive director of Turning Point USA, a conservative political organization for college students. Kirk appeared on Fox Business channel Dec. 22, saying that Trump's accomplishments in his first year have been "truly historic."
3 big wins in 2017 you won't hear:Trump confirmed the most circuit court judges ever in a President's 1st year (all conservatives)Trump deregulated the economy more than any President in 100 yrsTrump opened up markets to allow billions of dollars of US goods to be exported
Departing from his list of accomplishments, the president lashed out against the Postal Service.
"Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer? Should be charging MUCH MORE!" he wrote.
The president's charge that Amazon received special treatment from the Postal Service was debated over the summer in the pages of The Wall Street Journal.
"An April analysis from Citigroup estimates that if costs were fairly allocated, on average parcels would cost $1.46 more to deliver," Josh Sandbulte, a money manager, wrote in an op-ed. "It is as if every Amazon box comes with a dollar or two stapled to the packing slip—a gift card from Uncle Sam."
The president has attacked the company in the past for harming retailers, and because CEO Jeff Bezos also owns The Washington Post.
In July, the president posted a message to his Twitter account asking: "Is Fake News Washington Post being used as a lobbyist weapon against Congress to keep Politicians from looking into Amazon no-tax monopoly?"
Amazon shares opened lower after the president's missive.
Shortly after the tweets, Trump went to his golf club in Palm Beach, Florida.