‘Listen to This!’ CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Drops Brutal New Trump Poll Numbers for 100 Day Mark
CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins dropped a brutal new set of poll numbers on President Donald Trump just in time for the 100-day mark in his second term — including the wrong end of a 69% result on the economy.
Trump’s 100th day in office — a political benchmark that dates back to FDR — arrived Tuesday amid a raft of polls that have angered Trump, including a Fox News survey that shows a historically low approval and a new CNN poll that piles on more bad news.
On Monday night’s edition of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, Collins opened the show with a review of polls that included footage from the White House lawn taken just as the news hit that a whopping 69 percent of Americans think there will be a Trump recession:
COLLINS: Tonight, here in Washington, we’re on the verge of a critical juncture by which all modern presidents are judged, for better or for worse. While the first 100 days are but a snapshot in time, and things can certainly change, and often do, as we’ve seen, we’re now seeing what the American public has to say, about how President Trump has done in his first 100 days in office. The current assessment is worse than anyone who has occupied the Oval Office in at least the last seven decades. It was FDR, of course, that set 100 days as the standard for judging a president’s performance. And President Trump now is setting his own standard for the lowest approval, 100 days in, since at least Eisenhower.
On day 99, the White House made clear what part of the President’s agenda, it believes, resonates with Americans the most, right now. Because from the moment that you entered the White House grounds today, there were large posters lining the North Lawn, as you can see here, designed to highlight the President’s immigration crackdown, as border crossings have ground to a halt, which the President’s top adviser, Stephen Miller, who drives his immigration policy, spoke with reporters about today, as you saw him there on the North Lawn.
One number, the White House did not tout today was that new CNN polling, on the President’s handling of the economy, that dropped, while I was there, late this afternoon.
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K. COLLINS: A majority, 59 percent of Americans in the country now say that they believe President Trump’s economic policies have made conditions in the country worse. That’s up from 51 percent just a few months ago, and that’s actually on par with the worst numbers that Joe Biden saw when he was in the White House, and of course, had a lot of voters disapproving of how he was handling the economy.
Overall, Americans don’t seem enthusiastic about the President’s new trade policies, even though a lot of the effects of them are still to come. You’re seeing, some people say that they are already paying higher prices.
And listen to this! 69 percent of Americans say they believe a recession in the next year is at least somewhat likely, while 32 percent say that they believe it is very likely.
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K. COLLINS: Now, most members of the President’s party are hopeful that his plans will ultimately lead to a stronger economy. But 100 days in, that remains to be seen.
And take a listen to how during the campaign, the President sold Americans on how he’d succeed on a host of key issues versus how most Americans feel he’s handling those very same issues now.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: The border is a very big thing. I think the border is — the economy and the border, the — and inflation, which is part of economy.
I will end the war in Ukraine, which would have never started if I was president.
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TRUMP: And I will stop the chaos in the Middle East.
I love tariffs. I love tariffs, what they can do for your income and protection, and even third-party things you can do just by the threat of tariffs, because we’re the pot of gold.
Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.
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Watch above via CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins.
