CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten on Monday spelled out why Americans aren’t buying what Donald Trump is “trying to sell” as the president continues to reimagine the state of the U.S. economy.
“This is the type of thing that is political nightmare fuel,” Enten said.
Enten revealed that consumer sentiment in current economic conditions — as measured by the University of Michigan — has hit 52.3% this month, marking the “worst ever” view of current conditions dating to 1951.
“This is record-breaking in the way you don’t want to be breaking records,” said Enten, who noted that the figure is down 30% from January, when Trump took office.
A majority of Americans have also blamed Trump’s policies for worsening their economic conditions (61%) and for worsening their own finances (51%), according to CNN/SSRS and CBS News polling.
