CNN Data Chief Spots Blistering Scenario Trump Wouldn't Be Able To 'Escape'

Harry Enten hit the president with a brutal "reality check" over his economic blame game.

CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten on Tuesday declared that most Americans would point their fingers at President Donald Trump should a recession occur in the next 12 months.

“If Donald Trump believes that he can somehow escape blame if there is, in fact, a recession, I’m here for a reality check,” Enten told CNN’s Kate Bolduan.

Enten, who recently argued that most Americans weren’t “buying” what Trump was selling on the economy, turned to a new CNBC survey where a “clear majority” of Americans — 52% — said they’d blame Trump “a lot or quite a bit” should a recession go down in the next 12 months.

This is compared to 32% of respondents who indicated that they’d blame the president “a little or not at all” for a recession in the same time frame.

“The majority of the American public says that the buck will stop at the White House, stop at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and Donald Trump will not, in fact, be able to escape blame if there is in fact a recession,” said Enten of Trump, who has blamed Joe Biden for passing an “economic catastrophe” onto him.