CNN Data Chief Shuts Down Trump’s ‘Crazy’ Stretch Of His Numbers

Trump — in an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Field” host Joe Kernen — urged viewers to look at “Harry Emden” on CNN, declaring that the info analyst “went loopy over how properly” he was doing.

The president claimed his approval score was at 71% and, amongst Republicans, bragged that the determine is round 94 to 95%.

Enten shortly dismissed the president’s remarks on his numbers.

“You recognize, I give him a good shake. I don’t give him a constructive spin,” Enten informed CNN’s John Berman.

Enten declared that Trump isn’t on the “highest level” he’s ever been within the polling world, including that the president is at present “underwater” with a internet approval score (p.c approval minus p.c disapproval) of -9 factors.

At first of his second time period, that determine was 6 factors “above water,” Enten famous.

“If we’re evaluating him to different presidents at this level of their presidencies, he’s the second lowest on report in contrast solely to himself, who does worse. If we’re evaluating him to different second phrases, he’s actually within the backside of the record,” mentioned Enten, including that Richard Nixon was in a “worse” place.

“However whenever you’re evaluating your self to Richard Nixon and also you’re saying that you just’re doing higher than Richard Nixon in your second time period, that’s not precisely a very good place to be in.”