Trump’s ‘incredible cognitive dissonance’​ leaves CNN anchor in disbelief

A video of President Donald Trump and his cabinet members making statements that bucked recent polling numbers left a CNN anchor shocked.

CNN anchor Erin Burnett aired footage of Trump’s cabinet members showering him with praise, including Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touting the president’s transparency and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying the economy under Trump is “the envy of the world” and a feat the founding fathers “could not have imagined.”

She contrasted that with recent poll numbers that show Americans don’t quite view Trump the same way, including a 34 percent approval rating. It marks Trump’s “lowest approval rating among the American people so far,” Burnett noted.

“At this point in a term, this is as low as it gets,” she said. She also stressed that 73 percent of Americans said that Trump’s priorities are wrong.

“Three-quarters of the American people say that the president of the United States is not paying attention to the country’s most important problems,” Burnett said. “That is a stunning number, three-quarters of Americans.”

She also played a video of Trump saying, “America is safer and stronger and far more successful than it was two years ago, and I don’t think it’s ever been anything like this. We’re going to leave this country in very, very good shape, better shape than it’s ever been. This is the golden age of America.”

The polling showed “stunning” and “unprecedented numbers,” but based on the clips, “Trump’s not hearing it. It’s an incredible cognitive dissonance,” Burnett said.