Trump gives himself brutally honest grade on 'messaging' in first month of presidency

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February 28, 2017 12:51 PM

The president said he would give himself an A for achievement, but only a C or C+ for messaging.

President Donald Trump after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Friday.

President Donald Trump said he would give himself an "A+" for effort during his presidency, but only a "C or C+" for messaging, during an interview with "Fox and Friends" that aired Tuesday morning.

Host Ainsley Earhardt asked Trump how he would grade himself, "from an A to an F."

Trump said he would give himself an A+ for effort, "but results are more important."

To that end, the president said he would give himself an A for achievement, but only a C or C+ for messaging.

"I think I've done great things, but I don't think I — I and my people — I don't think we've explained it well enough to the American public," Trump said.

The Washington Post notes that Trump singled out immigration enforcement as a policy that could be explained better.

"No, I don't think it's been — maybe it's my fault,” Trump said, according to The Washington Post. "But, you know, when they show people being taken out, these are people that are — we're looking at the bad ones."

The president is set to give an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.

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