Well of course I was responding to the simple statement of the letter writer that Trump lies more or less constantly, about things both big and small. For instance he lied about Hillary's big win of the popular vote, inventing a story that the three million votes were fraudulent. That was a lie and an unnessary one, showing Trump has very thin skin. The same with his insistence, despite photographic evidence, that his inaugural crowd was the biggest ever. Why? More serious is his accusation that Obama wiretapped his campaign offices. So yes, Trump cares very much what people think and say about him.

What the polls say is that a huge majority of Americans think Trump is doing a bad job. If Trump doesn't score some successes (getting Gorsuch approved would be one, but how many Americans even know what the Supremes do?) then he will be judged a dud. AHCA was an awful bill. Ryan tax reform and the Ryan budget will hurt a lot of average people. Let's see what Trump gets from Xi this week.