it's also not a legitimate news source

It makes no claim on how many points it went up by

it straight up says those polls are considered outliers

and the numbers it cites are STILL very low approval ratings

It does though, it explains that both black and Hispanic approval ratings now have increased relative to the votes respective to these groups, and although these two things are obviously not synonyms they are still indicators of increased support.

I don't think it's a wild claim to suggest that if a person is receiving support then given things go smoothly this will be more or less reflected in the polls. But again, I do disagree with the declarative language in the article.

Also what exactly constitutes a "legitimate" news source?

it actually doesn't say they increased

it implies it

unbiased and, when you're talking about polls, statistically sound

you can tell from the beginning something's off with this article:

"despite shrill denunciations of the president by the Democrats for his alleged racism"

that's not something that a real news organization would write

that's what a conservative blog would write

and they totally have their place, don't get me wrong

but what they're doing here is trying to cherry-pick polls

look at this part:

"this, of course, which is why they have worked so diligently to discredit polls that confirm the president’s gains among minority voters."

GG @Platinum Spark, you just advanced to level 13!

Then not many things can be considered legitimate news, including CNN, Fox, and MSNBC

sure

I disagree with you, but sure let's throw out all three of those

when it comes to polling, 538 is probably the gold standard

but AP, WaPo, WSJ, NYT

these are real news organizations

CBS, ABC

here:

https://www.adfontesmedia.com/

you can take a look at how media bias affects different news organizations

https://www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart/

better link

anyway, lets go back to the article

in January of this year, Marist found that Trump’s approval rating among Hispanics had reached 50 percent. Then, in February, a Morning Consult poll showed Hispanic approval of the president at 42 percent. This was followed by a March poll from McLaughlin & Associates that found Hispanic approval for the president at 50 percent.

now notice

he's not talking about gain over one poll

that would be something you could compare across time like that

he's taking 3 poll results across 3 different polls

that show approval at or below 50%

with no comparison to where they were before

so he's not saying trump gained support with minorities, he's just saying this is the minority approval rating at 3 different points in time according to 3 different polls

You left out the detail of the article giving the months that the polls were taken in