CNN issues brutal Donald Trump news alert in humiliating blow to President

 

In a recent on-air update, CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten walked viewers through new polling that shows just how sharply Trump’s popularity has collapsed over the course of 2025. The numbers tell a story that goes far beyond a temporary dip they point to a president steadily losing the confidence of the voters who once gave him the benefit of the doubt.

According to Enten, Trump began the year in relatively strong territory. In January, his net approval rating sat six points above water, already outperforming his entire first term. Fast forward to December, and that cushion has completely vanished. Trump now finds himself 12 points underwater, marking an 18-point collapse in just one year.

The most damaging part of the data comes from independent voters — the very group that decides elections. At the start of the year, Trump’s net approval among independents hovered around minus one, hardly impressive but still competitive. By December, that figure had plunged by an astonishing 42 points. In Enten’s words, Trump is now “way underwater” with independents, a political danger zone no incumbent wants to inhabit.

Even more alarming for the White House are the issue-specific numbers. The economy, widely credited as the main reason Trump managed to secure a second term, has turned from an asset into a liability. In January, Trump enjoyed a plus-nine net approval rating on economic performance. By December, he was 16 points underwater — a 25-point swing on what was once his strongest argument to voters.

Immigration, another issue Trump has relentlessly emphasized since his 2015 campaign launch, shows a similar downward trend. Once nine points above water at the beginning of the year, Trump is now six points underwater. That reversal undercuts one of the core pillars of his political identity.

Taken together, the polling paints a clear picture: Trump’s second term is being defined by eroding trust, weakening support among independents, and growing dissatisfaction on the very issues he promised to “fix.” For Democrats, these numbers reinforce what many voters are already feeling that chaos, empty rhetoric, and failed promises have consequences. For Republicans, it raises a far more uncomfortable question: how long can a party survive when its standard-bearer keeps dragging it further underwater?