NCS’s Harry Enten has hit President Donald Trump with a actuality verify on voters’ precise emotions on inflation.
During an Oval Office occasion on Thursday, Trump declared, “I love the inflation” when he was requested about the latest inflation report, which discovered costs are up 4.2 % from a yr in the past.
“No, I love it—the numbers were great,” Trump mentioned. “You know what I really love? I love the inflation. You know why? Because as soon as this war is over, you know I can say it now, something you didn’t know, do you know we’ve been taking out millions of barrels of oil?”
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Enten defined how Trump’s newfound affinity for inflation will likely be dangerous to Republicans on this yr’s midterm elections, that are already anticipated to be a disaster for the GOP.
“President Trump may love the inflation, the American people hate the inflation, and I think the Republicans on Capitol Hill absolutely hated Donald Trump’s statement. Why? Because, just, it is absolutely funneling down,” Enten mentioned on NCS News Central.
Trump’s polling is a catastrophe. / NCS News Central/NCS
Enten additionally famous that Trump’s disapproval score on gasoline costs, which have skyrocketed because of his warfare in Iran, is at 80 %.
“The only president with an 80 percent disapproval rating on gas prices of all time is Trump in 2026. You can see Trump there. He’s pointing the arrow to it. Yes, he has done it. This Iran war has done it,” he mentioned.
Gas costs have reached report highs beneath Trump’s second time period. / NCS News Central/NCS
He continued, “It has fueled record frustration on inflation and record frustration when it comes to gas prices. The only president ever with at least an 80 percent disapproval rating on gas prices, Donald John Trump, in this year, 2026.”
Enten additionally famous that Democrats have been extra trusted on inflation than Republicans for the primary time in practically 50 years, simply earlier than an “inflation boom” that solely damage former President Jimmy Carter in his doomed 1980 reelection marketing campaign.
Democrats are extra trusted on inflation than Republicans for the primary time in a long time. / NCS News Central/NCS
“And if history is prologue in this situation, well, it’s going to take out the Republican majority in the House, as well,” he warned.
“So no wonder that Republicans heard that statement and just like me [were like] … ’What, what, what, what did I just hear? Well, you just heard a president who wants to sink his party’s midterm fortunes,” Enten concluded. “That’s what you just heard.”