Trump's big trip starts with polling gut punch from data analyst: 'Down he goes'
Source: Raw Story · Bias: Far Left
Summary
Just moments after President Donald Trump and his entourage of officials and business leaders landed in Beijing, China, CNN data analyst Harry Enten dropped a series of brutal poll numbers on how Americans rate the president’s handling of China.“In term number one, China was a strength for Donald Trump, Americans really liked what he was doing vis-à-vis China, and no longer is that the case,” Enten said on Wednesday, moments after Trump landed in China ahead of his two-day summit with President Xi Jinping.“In term number one, he was at plus-nine points – that's pretty gosh-darned good! They liked the way Trump was dealing with China, but down he goes into the red sea, now at minus-15 points! That's a drop of nearly 25 points from where he was in term number one to now.”In terms of which voters were driving Trump’s cratering poll numbers, Enten flagged two key groups: independent and non-college educated white voters, two groups that were critical to the president’s 2024 election victory.According to the polling, which was sourced from the conservative network Fox News, independent and non-college-educated white voters supported Trump’s handling of China during his first term at margins of plus-9 and plus-34, respectively. Now, those figures have plummeted to minus-42 and minus-3, respectively.Furthermore, worldwide favorability of the United States has plummeted since 2021 when compared with China.“China's image is improving; the United States' image? Going down!” Enten said. “It was plus-11 points in 2021; the latest numbers for the United States under Trump, look at that: minus-15, that's a switch-a-roo of over 25 points! So China's image [is] improving, the United States' image [is] going down under Trump just like his own numbers on China [are] going down here in the United States.”Moments after Trump lands in Beijing, CNN's @ForecasterEnten drops some brutal poll numbers on how Americans are feeling about the president's handling of China.TRUMP'S NET APPROVAL ON CHINATerm 1: +9Now: -15CHINA NET APPROVAL WORLDWIDE2021: -112025: -1 pic.twitter.com/oPtjKHPYGD— Alexander Willis (@ReporterWillis) May 13, 2026
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