CNN’s Harry Enten Roasts Trump Over New ‘Chaos’ Data — Compares Him to South Park Character
CNN senior data correspondent Harry Enten roasted President Donald Trump over new data showing record searches for “Trump” and “chaos” — comparing him to the South Park character Butters.
Enten has given Trump a mixed bag of polling news in these opening weeks of the new term, and was gushing over his approval rating just a few weeks ago. But he’s also not afraid to deliver bad news if it shows up in the data.
On Friday’s edition of CNN News Central, Enten had a characteristically entertaining way of breaking down the reactions to Trump and “chaos”:
HARRY ENTEN: Look. Google searches for “Trump” and “chaos.” Look at this number! Up 320%! This term’s average week versus the first term.
This 46-day stretch that the Trump presidency has gone on has the most number of searches for Trump and chaos on record.
The American people are seeing this. If they think that Donald Trump is like Butters in South Park, he is Professor Chaos! That is what is going on.
The American people at this particular point are going, “What is happening here?”.
They are seeing Trump and they are associating him with the word chaos.
JOHN BERMAN: And the markets. If there’s one thing that stock markets investors don’t like, what is that?
HARRY ENTEN: Yeah, they do not like uncertainty. They don’t like chaos.
How about trade policy uncertainty index. This dates back all the way since 1960. We are dealing with (CLAPS) a record high! Get this! Up 651% versus a year ago.
One day Trump seems to be for tariffs. The next day he doesn’t. One day he seems like he’s backing off tariffs. Then he’s threatening to do it a month from now.
What we’re seeing is chaos play out in this trade, uncertainty that is playing out in the stock market as well. Traders, investors, Americans are channeling their inner Vince Lombardi, saying, “what the hell is going on out there?”
JOHN BERMAN: That’s right. I mean, they may or may not like the tariff policy. What they like less, though, no matter what, is the wild reverse.
HARRY ENTEN: They just need to know what’s going on so that they can plan.
JOHN BERMAN: All right. Now we know that that Wall Street not happy with it. But what about Main Street?
HARRY ENTEN: Yeah. What about Main Street? Do they think that all this chaos is good? Is Trump making changes too quickly, i.e. rushing changes without considering their impact?
You got it here folks. 56%. The majority say that Trump is making changes too quickly. They don’t like what’s going on. They don’t like what the rock is cooking compared to just 43% who say no.
This Trump presidency. We were talking about this going back since January 20th, right? We said, hey, maybe this Trump presidency with Susan Wiles will be more on the tracks.
It seems to have gotten off the tracks as far as the American people are concerned. And they simply put, do not like it.
JOHN BERMAN: And thank you, Harry, for the first time, that Butters and Vince Lombardi have ever been used in the same segment.
HARRY ENTEN: And the Rock.
JOHN BERMAN: And the Rock. Sarah.
SARA SIDNER: I want what he’s drinking. All right.
Watch above via CNN News Central.
