No 'floor for Trump’s approval rating': CNN analysts detail data that’s 'scaring the White House'

CNN senior reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere on Friday detailed what’s “scaring the White House and scaring Republicans” as chief data analyst Harry Enten warned he’s “not quite sire there is a floor for Donald Trump’s approval rating.”

The CNN duo were speaking on “Inside Politics with Dana Bash” about the effect Trump’s economic policies are having on the party’s approval rating.

Dovere noted that despite Trump slumping approval ratings, the full impact of tariffs “has not been felt yet.”

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“We don't know how exactly it's going to be felt when the price increases from these tariffs,” Dovere said. “What’s going to happen with the job losses that might come from companies that are forced to shrink?

The CNN reporter added the economic response to Trump’s policies thus far have been “mostly magic numbers,” like the Dow Jones and jobs report.

“It's when people start to see a difference in their lives and hard numbers: Costs more. They can't get toys, maybe for Christmas,” Dovere said. “… If the numbers that are showing up in these polls now are scaring the White House and are scaring Republicans, think about in a couple of months if it continues this way.”

“Look, the real economy — whether it be jobs, the [Consumer Price Index] report, the [Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index], you know, way to measure inflation — those have all been pretty good,” Enten replied. “And yet the polls look horrible. What happens if the worst economic fears actually come true?"

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“I'm not quite sure there is a floor for Donald Trump's approval rating outside of his [Make America Great Again] base at this particular point, and I think that is what is just so worrisome,” Enten said. “And more than that, you know, you're mentioning tariffs. Trump is losing that argument in so many different ways.”

“The real threat of it for the president is: Donald Trump is associated with being a businessman, a guy who knows how to make the economy work,” Dovere said. “He was elected last year in large part because people felt like the economy wasn't working for them. Inflation was too high. They were paying too much. This is the core of who he is. It's not some other thing. This is who he is in people's minds. And if he suffers on this, it’s a problem."

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