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Donald Trump has dismissed his historically dismal approval rating as "fake news", without providing any evidence to back up his claim.

Trump has consistently had the worst approval ratings of any incoming President in history since taking office last month.

In the most recent CNN poll, just 44% of Americans approve of the way he's handling the Presidency.

Some 53% disapprove of him, and 43% feel "intensely negative" of the President.

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He's the first President in history to hold a net negative approval rating this early in his Presidency.

How many days did it take Presidents to reach majority disapproval? Gallup

It took George Bush Sr 1,336 days to hit majority disapproval. Barack Obama hit the benchmark 936 days into his presidency and Bill Clinton took 573 days.

Donald Trump reached majority disapproval in just eight days.

But he tweeted this morning: "Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election. Sorry, people want border security and extreme vetting."

There is no evidence to support this claim

On top of historic disapproval ratings, a majority of Americans (53%) say they oppose Trump's banning travel from several predominantly Muslim countries and temporarily suspending all US Refugee programmes.

In a previous poll, by Reuters and Ipsos, 48% said they backed the bill.

It's unclear whether Mr Trump thinks all polls are bogus, or just ones that reveal disapproval of his policies.

The President will be eager to distract attention from a Seattle Judge's ruling on Friday, which temporarily blocked enforcement of Trump's Muslim Ban.

The Trump administration has filed an appeal to overturn the order.