Majority of Republicans think Trump failed with his latest attempt to save face: data guru

A majority of Americans – including Republicans – believe that President Donald Trump was desperate to end his war in Iran regardless of whether his goals were accomplished.

The president signed a memorandum of understanding last week to negotiate an end to the war he launched Feb. 28, and CNN's Harry Enten presented polling data that showed public opinion had remained solidly against Trump all along.

"You know, they disapproved ofhim a month ago, theydisapproved of him two monthsago, and they still disapproveof him," Enten said. "I mean, the polling isquite steady."

Enten encountered some technical difficulties that prevented him from displaying the polling data onscreen, but he pressed on and recited the numbers from memory.

"Look, people disapprovedof Trump two months ago," he said. "Hisdisapproval rating was 64 percent, lastmonth it was 66 percent, and this monthit is the same – 64 percent. So whatwe're talking about is that Americans, you can pay attentionto me here. Americans stilldisapprove of the job that Donald Trump is doing on Iran, and 75 percent of independentsdisapprove of the job that Donald Trump is doing on Iran.So regardless of any deal thatwas made, the American peoplestill disapprove of the job that Donald Trump is doing on Iran,despite whatever he's doing."

"Thebottom line is this," he added. "No matterwhat deal has been made, theclear majority, two-thirds of Americans, still disapprove ofthe job that Donald Trump isdoing when it comes to thatconflict."

Enten found similar support for the president's agreement to end the war.

"So why did Trumpagree to the deal?" Enten said. "Well, it'ssimply this: Why Trump agreed tothe Iran deal, wants the war toend or think the U.S. met its wargoals. Look at this, 66 percent of Americans simply think he wantedto end the war, and even among Republicans, his own party,don't think that, in fact, the Trump administration met its wargoals. In fact, they think hewants to just end the war."

"Sothis idea, hey, we won, we won,everyone, we won – the Americanpeople don't think that isexactly what happened," he added. "What theythink happened was Iran wasfighting back, America looked atthe chance of victory in termsof what Trump initially laid outas the chance of victory. Theydid not think that that waspossibly going to beaccomplished. We're talkingabout two-thirds of Americansand even a majority of Republicans did."

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