selected at the convention next summer, his position will be strengthened, that he will look better in comparison. but the new numbers out now, the matchup numbers may explain why in recent days we have seen the president attacking everyone he thinks has done him wrong, lobbing attacks at the mayor of san juan in puerto rico as the island braces for hurricane dorian, attacking fox news, which used to be his favorite channel, but now he says it isn't working for us anymore. and of course his default target, the media. with the new poll numbers putting him back up against the wall, the president is reverting to his standard playbook and crowd cheering hits like "build the wall". the "washington post" reports the president is so eager to complete hundreds of miles of border fence ahead of the 2020 presidential election, that he has directed aides to fast track billions of dollars of construction contracts, aggressively seize private land, and disregard environmental rules.