President Donald Trump has publicly commended a CNN data reporter. The praise follows months of Harry Enten describing the president’s approval ratings as historically poor. The comment singled him out during a Tuesday press conference, with the president calling him “honorable” despite the data guru recently labeling his inflation numbers “the ugliest” in presidential history.
Donald Trump can’t stop praising Harry Enten
Speaking from the noisy construction site of the White House ballroom, Donald Trump responded to a question about media claims that his MAGA base is fracturing. After insisting the movement has never been stronger, he veered into a glowing review of Enten’s work.
“Even CNN, they did a poll two, three weeks ago. They said Trump is at 100 percent,” Trump stated. “That’s Harry Enten. I like Harry Enten. You know, he’s got a lot of energy. I like him. But he did a poll and he’s a good pro. And he gives the good and the bad, but I think he’s an honorable guy. He did a lot of good.”
Trump was probably referencing a March segment where Harry Enten broke down an NBC News poll showing the president retains ironclad support among self-identified MAGA Republicans. “You don’t have to be a mathematical genius to know you can’t go higher than 100 percent,” Enten said at the time. “The bottom line is this: if you are a member of MAGA, you approve of Donald Trump.”
This selective embrace of Enten’s reporting omits considerably harsher assessments the analyst has made in recent weeks. Enten recently laid out polling data showing Trump has amassed the worst public approval ratings on inflation in presidential history.
“These are the ugliest numbers I have ever seen on inflation, and it’s not just one poll, Johnny Berman, it’s many polls,” Enten told viewers. “Just take a look here. Presidents’ net approval on inflation: The five worst polls ever, for any president, they all belong to Donald John Trump, and they have all occurred in the last month.”
Trump made no mention of those particular findings during his remarks.
Originally reported by Devanshi Basu on Mandatory.
