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For weeks, Democrats and their media allies have been flogging the Epstein-Trump narrative like it was the silver bullet that could finally
dent President Trump�s popularity. But according to CNN�s own numbers
guru, Harry Enten, the story has already imploded � and voters couldn�t
care less.
On CNN�s News Central Monday, anchor Kate Bolduan noted that �new numbers
this morning showing something of a shift in how Americans are feeling
about this.�
Enten didn�t hold back.
�Yes, I would say that this is, from at least a political point of view, quickly turning into a dud of a story,� he said.
Bolduan was surprised, calling it �wild� that such a hyped storyline had collapsed so quickly.
Enten pointed to the cold, hard data.
�Google searches for Epstein down 89% versus just three weeks ago. Falling through the floor. It is no longer the top term searched alongside Donald Trump�s name. That�s been trading off between tariffs and Vladimir Putin,
with, obviously, the meeting coming up later this week.�
�At this particular point,� Enten added, �the American people�s interest
in this story, it�s quickly becoming something of a nothingburger.�
In other words, the breathless coverage, the Capitol Hill grandstanding,
and the left�s fever dreams of a political hit job have fizzled into
nothing.
Bolduan asked the obvious follow-up: Had it hurt Trump�s numbers at all? Enten�s answer was devastating for Democrats: �No, not really.�
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�Trump�s approval rating, in July of 2025, it was 45%. It�s still well
within that margin of error here at 44%. And you compare that to where he
was in his first term at this point, he was at 37%. So, he�s seven points higher� significantly higher in terms of his overall approval rating than
he was at this point in his first term.�
Even more troubling for the left, Enten noted that �among Republicans, his approval rating is near a record high, hovering right at about that 90%
mark. So, no, he hasn�t lost any of that base� and his overall approval
rating, 44%, is pretty gosh darn good for him.�
As for why the story went nowhere? Enten said the polling explains it. He displayed a graphic showing how many surveyed people agreed with the
statement, �Nation�s Top Issue Is the Epstein Case." Pointing to the data,
he noted, "This is the number of respondents� zero [Democratic]
respondents said that the Epstein case was the top issue. How about among independents? Zero independents. And among Republicans, and therefore
overall, just a single one.�
�Even amongst those who had high interest in this story,� Enten said, �it wasn�t something that they thought was all that important� the interest in
this story has fallen off the table.�
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For years, Democrats have tried to twist the Epstein saga into a Trump
scandal, clinging to the hope that it could finally damage him. In recent weeks, they convinced themselves they�d found a powerful political weapon.
But the truth is, there was never any substance; Trump�s hands were clean.
They knew it. The public knew it. And now, the country has moved on.
But Enten credited Trump for knowing better than to take the bait. �Donald Trump has some of the best political instincts of any politician I�ve seen
on this particular issue� he has been saying, �You know what, this is not
an issue.� And it turns out that a lot of the American public actually
seem to agree with him.�
So after all the hype, the left is left with egg on its face � a political nothingburger, served ice-cold, courtesy of CNN�s own data desk.
The left�s desperate Epstein-Trump hit job is a total bust, exposed by
CNN�s own numbers!
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/08/12/cnn-the-lefts-biggest-anti- trump-narrative-has-officially-imploded-n4942618
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