CNN's Harry Enten pointed to underlying data that shows why President Donald Trump is struggling with broad swaths of the electorate.
Federal income taxes are due Wednesday, which will be the first day where the president's tax and spending bill kicks in, but Enten told "CNN News Central" that Americans aren't feeling any benefits from the Republican-passed law.
"It ain't working too good because Trump is paying the piper when it comes to taxes and the American public," Enten said. "Look at this trend, I mean, again, what massive trends we're seeing from term one to term two. Trump's net approval rating at this point on taxes in term number one in 2018 – remember, there was that tax cut that was just passed just before tax day back in 2018. Look at this, he was above water at plus-two points. But down he goes, down he goes. Look at this: He's at minus-28 points as net approval rating on taxes, down 30 points from term number one."
"If there are benefits that the American people are liking when it comes to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, they are not, in fact, giving the two thumbs up to Donald Trump when it comes to that," he added.
The president is a whopping 58 points underwater with independent voters on the issue of taxes, and he's been sinking on that issue for years dating back to his first term.
"I think this may be part of the equation of what is going on here," Enten said. "Take a look at this, okay, say their income taxes are not fair or fair back in 2018. Again, at this point in Trump's term number one, 61 percent of Americans said fair. There was a big upswing that said fair. Coming off of Obama to Trump, Trump got that benefit. But look, right now in term number two, look at this, it's a flip-flop. Now the plurality, 49 percentage points from this point in Trump's term number one, and look at this, the fair has plummeted down to 47 percent. That is near an all-time low since 1999."
Voters specifically do not like the Trump-GOP tax bill, according to Enten.
"We've saved the best for last, or at least save something good for last, and I think this kind of puts a nice big ribbon, a nice big bow on this segment," Enten said. "Take a look here: Net approval rating of of the One Big Beautiful Bill. Look at this, the American people, they don't like it – they don't like it. Look at this, 20 points underwater, and look, among independents – independents, the name of the game. We have seen Trump over and over and over again struggle with independents, and you see it right here."
"Look at this, 41 points underwater," he added. "No wonder that Donald Trump is struggling so much when it comes to the American public and taxes."
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