‘A Nothingburger!’: CNN Data Whiz Tells Dems Their Epstein Gamble Was A ‘Total Dud’

CNN’s chief data analyst said on Monday that the numbers don’t lie: the Democrat and media driven pressure campaign to use the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s case as a weapon against President Donald Trump is falling flat.

Harry Enten broke down the polling during a segment with anchor Kate Bolduan, telling her that persistent efforts to tie Trump to his administration’s handling of case had failed to do any real damage. “This is, from at least a political point of view, quickly turning into a dud of a story,” he said.

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The Epstein saga is becoming a political dud & nothingburger.

-Google searches for Epstein are down 89% from just 3 weeks ago.
-Trump’s approval rating is holding steady & much higher than term 1 at this point in his presidency
-Less than 1% say it’s the nation’s top issue pic.twitter.com/rnp2M8qzdf

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) August 11, 2025

“Take a look here, 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,” Enten explained. “That’s been trading off between tariffs and Vladimir Putin with obviously the meeting coming up later this week. But at this particular point, the American people’s interest in this story, it’s quickly becoming something of a nothingburger.”

Bolduan pressed him on overall polling, asking whether there was any indication that support for Trump was waning in reaction to his administration’s handling of the case and the related files that have not yet been released.

“No, not really,” Enten replied. “I mean, take a look here. Let’s take a look at the overall numbers. 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, very much in a different political universe now, significantly higher in terms of his overall approval rating than he was at this point in his first term.”

“And more than that, among Republicans, his approval rating is near a record high, hovering right at about that 90% mark,” Enten added. “So no, he hasn’t lost any of that base. And when it comes to that center of the electorate, he’s basically holding on there. And his overall approval rating, 44%, is pretty gosh darn good for him, considering where he was at this point in term number one.”