CNN Data Chief Reveals What He 'Can't Even Fathom' About Trump's 'Bizarro Politics'

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CNN’s main information expert Harry Enten connected Thursday named a “large reason” wherefore Americans are giving Donald Trump’s 2nd word a “thumbs down” arsenic the president plans to judge a $400 cardinal luxury pitchy from Qatar.

“This to maine is conscionable bizarro politics. It’s conscionable truthful bizarre,” said Enten of the determination successful a conception with CNN’s Bianna Golodryga.

Enten noted that “Qatar” and “airplane” were the top Google searches tied to Trump implicit the past 5 days — knocking “tariffs” retired of the apical results related to the president conscionable arsenic the U.S. and China agreed to a 90-day intermission connected tariffs.

“And truthful each of a abrupt you get thing that is acold much antagonistic for him successful the headlines,” Enten said.

He added that speech of Trump being “corrupt” for accepting the gift, which the president has attempted to justify successful caller days despite bipartisan concerns, isn’t a caller conception to American voters.

Enten turned to a Marquette Law School canvass from October 2024 that recovered 61% of registered voters agreeing that Trump behaved corruptly successful the past (39% of registered voters disagreed with the notion).

But Enten argued that 1 facet of Trump’s program to judge the level is “surprising.” He pointed to erstwhile polling from The Washington Post and Marquette Law School that Americans’ nett favorability standing of Qatar is -10 percent points, portion Canada is astatine 53 percent points.

“Canada, of course, is mostly seen arsenic an state of the United States. Yet, Trump has distanced himself from them, right?” said Enten, adding that the president started a commercialized warfare with Canada and hits its leaders with his “51st state” talk.

“And instead, who is helium striking deals with? And who mightiness helium perchance judge the acquisition of a level from? From Qatar.”

He aboriginal continued, “I astir can’t adjacent fathom the words for it, due to the fact that he’s cutting deals with radical that the American radical don’t like.”