Wednesday morning CNN host John Berman joked that that could be a "silver lining" for Donald Trump being mired in a firestorm over an unsecured and sensitive Signal chat concerning an imminent attack on Houthi rebels that was shared with a journalist who was mistakenly invited to join in.
According to the CNN and data analyst Harry Enten the blow-up has distracted from the embattled president's complete collapse in the polls on his handling of the economy.
According to both, this could be Trump's "Waterloo."
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Asked how bad it is for the president, the effusive Enten replied, "Ain't anything close to this."
"The economy and inflation is the whole kit and caboodle," he told the host. "As James Carville once said, 'It's the economy, stupid.' But since I'm standing here with John Berman, 'It's the economy, smarty pants.'"
"Top issue facing America look at this," he explained, "Number one, inflation in the economy at 43 percent there ain't anything close to this, my friends. Political division, which comes in at number two is 14 percent. –– that's a nearly 30 point gap. It's the only one that's over 15 percent. Donald Trump's presidency will ride or die on his ability to handle the inflation problem in this country and the economy."
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