Tying yourself to a deeply unpopular president and agenda will end your career.

As last week got underway, Donald Trump described an alternate reality he clearly preferred to the one we live in. In a post published to his social media platform, the Republican president described a political landscape in which he’s “getting the best Polling Numbers” of his career, thanks to public satisfaction with the economy and “rapidly falling Energy prices.” The claims appeared delusional, especially given public dissatisfaction with the state of the economy and recent increases in energy costs, but in the days that followed, Trump did what he always does: repeat nonsensical claims in the hope that public perception can be bullied into submission. “I have the best poll numbers I’ve ever had,” he told reporters last week. “I have the best numbers for any president in many years — any president,” he added two days later. Whether the president genuinely believes such claims is anyone’s guess, but the latest statistical evidence makes his absurdities appear even more ridiculous. As of this writing, Trump’s disapproval rating stands at 55% — the worst of his second term — while his approval rating is 43%, which is tied for the lowest point since his second inaugural. These are aggregates. Trump’s support isn’t just sinking, it’s also reached a new low for the year, and it’s reached depths no other modern incumbent has seen at this point in their presidency. The Republican responded to the news by whining about “fake” data that’s been released by news organizations engaged in an elaborate conspiracy that only he understands. This deeply unpopular president with a deeply unpopular agenda you are helping force upon us is who you are hitching yourself to. That will end disastrously for your career.