CNN Data Chief Reveals What He ‘Can’t Even Fathom’ About Trump’s ‘Bizarro Politics’ | EUROtoday

CNN’s chief knowledge analyst Harry Enten on Thursday named a “large reason” why Americans are giving Donald Trump’s second time period a “thumbs down” because the president plans to just accept a $400 million luxurious jet from Qatar.

“This to me is just bizarro politics. It’s just so bizarre,” mentioned Enten of the transfer in a phase with CNN’s Bianna Golodryga.

Enten famous that “Qatar” and “airplane” had been the highest Google searches tied to Trump over the past 5 days — knocking “tariffs” out of the highest outcomes associated to the president simply because the U.S. and China agreed to a 90-day pause on tariffs.

“And so all of a sudden you get something that is far more negative for him in the headlines,” Enten mentioned.

He added that speak of Trump being “corrupt” for accepting the present, which the president has tried to justify in current days regardless of bipartisan issues, isn’t a brand new idea to American voters.

Enten turned to a Marquette Law School ballot from October 2024 that discovered 61% of registered voters agreeing that Trump behaved corruptly previously (39% of registered voters disagreed with the notion).

But Enten argued that one side of Trump’s plan to just accept the airplane is “surprising.” He pointed to earlier polling from The Washington Post and Marquette Law School that Americans’ web favorability score of Qatar is -10 share factors, whereas Canada is at 53 share factors.

“Canada, of course, is largely seen as an ally of the United States. Yet, Trump has distanced himself from them, right?” mentioned Enten, including that the president began a commerce warfare with Canada and hits its leaders along with his “51st state” speak.

“And instead, who is he striking deals with? And who might he potentially accept the gift of a plane from? From Qatar.”

He later continued, “I almost can’t even fathom the words for it, because he’s cutting deals with people that the American people don’t like.”