CNN's Harry Enten was gobsmacked by "bonkers" findings in new polls on President Donald Trump and the job market.
The White House and Trump administration officials started out the week tempering public expectations for the coming jobs report — expected to be released Wednesday — and Enten told "CNN News Central" the public has seriously soured on the president's handling of the economy.
"Donald Trump took a beautiful swan and turned it into an ugly duckling, as far as the American people are concerned," Enten said, looking at poll results.
"Because these numbers ... [are] absolutely crazy in how the American people have totally turned on Donald Trump. Take a look here: Trump's net approval rating on jobs and employment in January 2025, look at that, overall plus-nine points. Hey, that's pretty good. But down he goes – minus-13 points overall."
"But you think that's nuts, take a look at the independents," he added. "They go from plus-seven way, way, way down, off the screen, to minus-30 points. That's a 37-point drop in the net approval for Donald Trump among independents on the issue of jobs and employment."
That change in public opinion in the past year has been staggering, he said.
"This next chart is actually the one that that really blew my mind," Enten said. "It's about people's views of the job market in general over a similar period of time. Yeah, okay, if you think these numbers are crazy, this next one these are bonkers, okay. What are we talking about here? Americans rate the job market as bad or good, February 2025, equal shares say fair or say bad or good, 42-42. Look at this now, over just a year's time. Now the clear majority, 52 percent, up like a rocket, rated it bad compared to just 33 percent, down to the basement, who rated as good."
"So what we've seen is Americans rating the job market, it was an even split a year ago, and now the clear majority, by a 19-point margin rated as bad rather than good," Enten added, "and that goes a long way to explain why Donald Trump's numbers on jobs and unemployment have fallen to the floor."
- YouTube youtu.be
