Donald Trump claims that 'if he had not been harassed for three years by the Democrats and been subjected to multiple investigations including impeachment' he would be 25 points up on Biden

President Donald Trump has claimed he would be leading former Vice President Joe Biden by 25 points in the polls in the upcoming 2020 presidential elections if it weren't for 'fake and illegal investigations' into his alleged ties to Russia.

In a tweet posted on Sunday evening, the president bemoaned his latest performance in the polls which sees Biden leading Trump by a 7 point margin.

'If I wasn't constantly harassed for three years by fake and illegal investigations, Russia, Russia, Russia, and the Impeachment Hoax, I'd be up by 25 points on Sleepy Joe and the Do Nothing Democrats. Very unfair, but it is what it is!!!' Trump wrote on Twitter.    

In a tweet on Sunday afternoon, Donald Trump claimed that if he had not been 'harassed for three years by investigations and Democrats' he would be 25 points up on Biden in the polls

President Donald Trump has claimed he would be leading former Vice President Joe Biden by 25 points in the polls in the upcoming 2020 presidential elections if it weren't for 'fake and illegal investigations' into his alleged ties to Russia

The 7 point lead sees Biden closing in on 50% in the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, while Trump is polling at 42%. 

In his tweet Trump suggested his numbers had been severely affected by investigations into his campaign's alleged collusion with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential elections and then the subsequent impeachment charges which he faced towards the end of 2019 and start of this year.  

Trump also implied that he would likely have been well ahead of his rival and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and the Democratic party as a whole were it not for the impeachment charges and the investigations.   

However, the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with recent protests over the killing of George Floyd have shifted the political and economic landscape in the US once again. 

Some of those responding to the president's tweets appeared to have little sympathy

Twitter users were quick to chime in on the presidents foibles.

‘No one is talking about Russia. No one is talking about your impeachment. But over 100,000 are dead and millions more are marching in the streets because of your failures as a leader. America can be great again when you’re gone,’ wrote comedy writer Nick Jack Pappas.

‘If you focused on doing your job as much as you do tweeting maybe your poll numbers wouldn’t be so bard. Jk we all know you would still be hiding in your bunker,’ added David Hogg.

’This is what losing sounds like,’ tweeted Angela Belcamino.

‘There has never been a whinier man in the United States of America. Let’s all feel bad for the poor trust-fund baby.’

The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with protests over the killing of George Floyd have shifted the political and economic landscape in the US