'Fallen through the floor': CNN expert finds Trump taking one-two punch on world stage
President Donald Trump is headed to meet with NATO allies in Turkey this week to try to strategize an end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine — but CNN data guru Harry Enten has some sobering numbers that should make Trump think twice about whether his presence will do much at all.
"How much sway does he have with the Ukrainian public?" anchor Sara Sidner asked him.
"What Trump is hoping is that he can, you know, put his finger on Volodymyr Zelenskyy and pressure him," said Enten. However, "look at this number. Net approval of U.S. leadership among Ukrainians."
When former President Joe Biden was at the helm, said Enten, "U.S. leadership was on the positive side of the ledger at +3 points," said Enten. "Look at how this number has absolutely fallen through the floor to now -72 points. That is a 75-point switcheroo in the wrong direction" — and, he said, it means Zelenskyy is unlikely to fear that rejecting Trump's potential demands to make concessions to Russia will damage his own standing with voters.
That's no surprise, Sidner argued. "Some of the comments that Trump has made, some of the niceties with Russia, and yelling at the president while they are in war has been a real problem for the Ukrainian people."
But that's not the only bad news for Trump in the data, said Enten — it turns out that voters in America don't have a lot of confidence in him to end Russia's war in Ukraine, either.
"Take a look here," said Enten. "U.S. trust in Trump, on the Russia-Ukraine war. Look at this number. Overall, it's fallen from 45 percent back when Trump was on the campaign trail to just 32 percent now." Worse, it's even fallen among Republicans, as "it was 81 percent two years ago. It is now just 60 percent."
The bottom line, said Enten, is that "Trump comes into any negotiations in a weakened state, given the domestic feelings in Russia and Ukraine and the domestic feelings here in the United States as well."
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