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“That’s exactly right. It turns out shutdowns are different the second time around when it comes to Donald Trump. Take a look here. You know, we speak about Donald Trump shutdowns, net approval rate, we’re talking 20 days into it,” Enten said.
He broke down how, during the previous shutdown, Trump’s support was already sliding fast by the three-week mark. But in this current battle, that erosion simply isn’t happening.
“In 2018/2019, Donald Trump’s net approval rate was already falling. The shutdown was eating into his popular support. It was down 3 points already at this particular point and would fall considerably more. It was very much on the decline. You come over to this side of the screen, this shutdown hasn’t eaten into Donald Trump’s support at all,” Enten continued.
Rather than losing steam, Trump is seeing the opposite effect this time around.
“His net approval rating is actually up a 1, in terms of — in terms of his popular support. So the bottom line is this, the first shutdown during Trump’s first term, 2018/2019 was hurting Donald Trump. This one is not hurting him at all. There’s no real reason Donald Trump might say at least when it comes to popular support, I want to get out of this shutdown,” Enten added.
CNN’s John Berman then cut in to address a key factor: public blame.
“Yeah. OK. What about the question of blame? OK. You see here, you see Donald Trump’s net approval rating was down 2018-2019. You talk about 2025 his net approval rating is up,” Enten declared.
The numbers reveal why Trump’s position is stronger this time. Back in 2018–2019, a clear majority of Americans faulted him for the shutdown. Now, fewer are pointing fingers his way.
“It comes down to the blame game, a game I loved to play when I was younger. Blame Trump for the shutdown, a great deal in 2018/2019, 61 percent, more than 3 in 5 Americans blame Trump a great deal for that particular shutdown. You come over to this side of the screen, look at this. It’s a different world. It’s a different world. Forty eight percent of Americans blame Trump a great deal for this particular shutdown,” Enten said.
That’s a 13-point drop in blame, giving Trump far more breathing room in the political fight.
With Democrats struggling to shift public opinion, Trump appears to be navigating this standoff on his own terms.
“So it’s more than 3 in 5 back in 2018/2019. It’s less than half, a drop of 13 points. Again, it’s no real wonder that Donald Trump at this point, looking at the shutdown says, ‘You know what? It’s not actually harming me politically,’ in large part because he’s getting less of the blame,” Enten continued.
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Berman then pressed further, asking, “And Trump’s doing things differently during this shutdown?”
“Yes, exactly right. You know, we talk about Donald Trump and you say, OK, he wants to be a consequential influential president,” Enten said.
While Congress remains locked in partisan gridlock, Trump is making full use of his presidential powers to push his agenda forward.
“Well, the legislative process is basically freezed up, you know, on Capitol Hill, you may say, well, then he can’t actually get legislation through. But that’s not how Trump is governing in this term. We’ve spoken about this over and over and over again,” Enten added.
The president’s reliance on executive action has skyrocketed compared to his first term.
“He’s using his pen. He’s using executive orders, Trump executive orders at this point of presidency in 2017, it was just 50. Look at this already 210 executive orders signed by Donald Trump during this presidency. That is the most in a year. You have to go all the way back since Franklin Delano Roosevelt to find a president who signed more executive orders in a year than Donald Trump has already signed this time around,” Enten declared.
Enten concluded with a warning that the number could rise even higher before the year ends: “And remember John Berman, we still have two months to go in this year. So it wouldn’t be surprising to me if he signs even more.”
President Trump is doing what he promised to do, putting America First!! The democrats have put nothing forward to help Americans! They want boys in girl’s locker rooms and tampons in boys bathrooms! They’re Mutilating healthy young people for their Sick Experiments! Democrats are Giving away Billions of Dollars of Taxpayers money to Non citizens and leaving Citizens who are Paying the taxes to go hungry and homeless! How does this make sense!? It Doesn’t!! And Americans are tired of being fucked over by the people elected to Help us!! So it’s not surprising that Trump is holding His popularity. He’s Literally Saving America! THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!
THE SHAMEFUL SCHUMER SHUTDOWN is destroying what is left of the Democratic party and at the top of the downfall is Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries. More people are stating that they will not re-elect a Democrat when they’re up for reelection if they voted to keep the government shutdown. They also indicate that they most likely will not ever put a democrat in office if a new person runs. Lifelong Democrats are dropping the Democratic party to either be Republicans or Independents because the Democrats are ruining America they said because they are only wanting to stay in power and help themselves. Democrats have proven that they do not care about the United States We The People.