Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticePresident Donald Trump is “in denial” about his unfavorable polling numbers and is “distracted” by his Washington, D.C., renovation projects, according to a report. “He concentrates on the hobbies that distract from his terrible polling numbers, about which he is in denial,” a Trump insider told the outlet. “The other issue is how the war, tariffs and monuments are demoralizing the base.” “I mean they’re angry at Republicans, but they’re not angry at me.