CNN Data Chief Spots Exactly How Trump Is Avoiding His 'Political Obituary' In New Polling
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Harry Enten said the president may have "some pretty good political instincts" after backing off on one issue.
CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten offered Donald Trump’s critics “a bit of a reality check” on Friday as he argued that the president’s net favorability rating may have risen this week because he backed off on his tariffs.
Enten stressed that people were writing Trump’s “political obituary” in late April when he saw historically low polling near the 100th day of his second term. Polls at the time found a majority of Americans disapproved of his handling of the economy and tariffs.
Enten proceeded to argue that the recent jolt to Trump’s polling numbers could be due to the chance of a U.S. recession falling since late April, with J.P. Morgan lowering its forecast from 60% to less than 50% and Goldman Sachs dropping its figure from 45% to 35%.
“The bottom line is: It is the economy, the economy, the economy,” said Enten, noting that Trump’s trade wars somewhat “collapsed” due to a temporary truce on tariffs between the U.S. and China earlier this week.
“I do think that the voters are responding to this, and therefore we’re seeing Trump’s approval rating going up,” he told CNN’s John Berman.
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