CNN data guru shocked by Trump’s approval of eight-year-old change: ‘It’s so twisted’
CNN’s senior news reporter Harry Ent shows how President Donald Trump made his historic comeback after entering the White House this week.
“The American people like what they see at least eight years ago compared to where Donald Trump started,” Enton told CNN’s Kate Boldun on Friday’s edition of News Central.
Enten shared a Reuters/Ipsos poll It was taken this week to end Trump’s presidency in 2018. In 2017, more Americans approved of it than took office.
Trump began his first term with a net negative approval rating of -3 points, Enton said, but Trump now stands at a +6 net approval rating, up nine points from January 2017.
CNN data guru marvels at Trump’s biggest electoral gains in more than 30 years: Trump ‘breaks history’
CNN Senior Correspondent Harry Enton on Friday broke down the liberal network’s endorsement of President Donald Trump. (CNN/Screenshot)
“This is big league, to borrow Donald Trump’s phrase,” he said.
Not only is Trump more out of touch with Americans than he was in January 2017, Enten said; His approval ratings are now higher than they were in his first term.
Trump’s previous highest net approval rating of all time was +3 points in March 2017, Enten said.
He is in a better position than anywhere else in his first term, the reporter said. “Things have changed a lot.”
Click here for more media and culture coverage
United States President Donald Trump signs a pardon for those accused of January 6 in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20, 2025, the anniversary of the United States’ founding in Washington. (Reuters/Carlos Baria)
“This is a very different Donald Trump. He’s running a very different administration in the way he’s attacking things, and the American people are more aligned with him than they were at any point in his entire first term,” he said.
“I have never met another president whose net approval rating was higher in the first month of his second term than he was in his entire first term,” he said.
“(T)rump’s made history as the first president to be more popular at any point early in his second term,” the reporter posted on X.
President Donald Trump leaves an indoor presidential inauguration ceremony in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Click here to access the FOX NEWS app
A Fox News poll released on January 15 showed Trump’s approval rating at 50%, up 2 points from October, and the highest in a Fox News poll. It has an equal share of uncomfortable views.