CNN’s Data Guru Tears Apart Trump Claim That Inflation Concerns Are Democrat ‘Con Job’: ‘The American People Have Turned Against You!’
CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten says that the American people have “turned against” President Donald Trump on inflation, despite the commander in chief’s claims that concerns about high costs are a “con job.”
Enten joined CNN anchor Kate Bolduan on Wednesday morning to break down Trump’s sinking numbers when it comes to the economy. In a Fox News interview this week, Trump dismissed voter concerns about affordability, claiming it’s “a con job by the Democrats.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent backed up Trump’s “con job” claim, but also confirmed an affordability crisis, one he claimed was inherited from the previous administration.
“If I had one piece of advice to my fellow fast-food lover, it would be, in the words of Michael Jordan, stop it. Stop going after the polls. You have a real problem,” Enten said on Wednesday.
Enten then pointed to aggregate polling that showed Trump was trusted to handle inflation more than former Vice President Kamala Harris by nine points in October 2024. His net approval rating now on inflation and the economy is negative 26 points.
“So it’s not that the polls are fake. It’s that the American people have turned against you, Mr. President. You’ve gone from leading by nine points in inflation to being 26 points underwater. You’re doing something very wrong in the minds of the American public,” Enten said.
He added that even if polls are underestimating Trump like in 2024, he still has a Titanic-level issue.
Enten said:
Let’s say the polls are off. Let’s take up Donald Trump on his hypothetical. Oh, the polls always underestimate me. Well, here’s Trump’s net approval rating on inflation. Currently, he’s 26 points below water. If the polls were off like they were in 2024, he still has got a Titanic-size problem. He’s then 24 points underwater on inflation. So, yes, the poll’s underestimated him, but just by about a point and a half in 2024, he would still have a massive, massive, massive problem on inflation, even if the polls were off like they were a year ago.
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