CNN data analyst Harry Enten could not help but laugh when explaining President Donald Trump’s “historically awful” net approval numbers on Tuesday.
Enten said on “CNN News Central” that the “only person” whose approval ratings are “worse” than Trump’s is himself from his first term.
“And the word here that I would use to describe Trump is awful. In fact, the only person who does worse than Trump does right now with a plus one net approval rating is himself back in 2017 when he was at minus eight,” Enten said as he laughed.
“So, he’s doing better than he was,” he added.
Recent polls show Trump’s approval rating is underwater after a whirlwind first month in office, where he focused on slashing government jobs, dismantling federal programs and implementing risky tariffs.
Enten explained that Trump’s net approval rating is below average when compared to other presidents at this point in their term. He said that at this point in their term, presidents usually see “plus 27 points” on their net approval rating.
“He’s doing worse than everybody else. The average president at this point, get this: plus 27 points on their net approval rating. Donald Trump is doing historically awful. The only person he beats is, again, himself from term number one,” Enten said.
Enten also explained that despite Trump campaigning on lowering costs for Americans, his approval rating on the issue is worse that it was on his first term.
“The net approval rating on the economy—he’s right now at minus four points,” Enten said. “In term number one, he was at plus eight points. Historically, the average is plus 15 points. He is doing nearly 20 points worse than the average president when it comes to the economy.”
Enten warned that Trump’s presidency could tank if his approval ratings on the economy remain low.
“On net approval rating, he is historically doing awful, awful, awful! Weak, weak, weak!” he added.
“And on the issue on which he was elected to, of course fix. He is doing historically awful. This is not good! If this number holds, you can guarantee his overall approval rating will go down and it could take his entire presidency with him,” he said.
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