Hey, everyone. I'm David Chalien, the CNN political director, and this is the Daily D.C.

Thanks so much for listening. Today on the podcast, Donald Trump's record high on the economy.

Our latest CNN poll conducted by SSRS, you got to go look at it. There is a big number, 56% for Donald Trump.

That is his approval rating on his handling of the economy. And it is his high watermark

in all of CNN's polling throughout the entire tenure of the Trump presidency. Something if you're

running for reelection next year, as the president is,

would be well received. One would imagine inside the White House and inside his campaign headquarters

across the river in Arlington. It's a pretty substantial improvement over time. As I said,

it is his high watermark. and it comes, while his overall approval

rating, as we discussed, is also at a near high at 43%. Here's the thing. On every other issue we

tested, Donald Trump is upside down, whereas negative is higher than his approval, his disapproval

higher than his approval. It is this issue

that is the issue that works best for Donald Trump, which is why every day he's not

talking about the economy or highlighting an economic matter, progress, an approach. It boggles

the mind to think why he's not talking about that, because it's

such a strong suit for him at this moment. This is a snapshot in time. Now, in this same poll,

we do see that his general election, re-election battle is going to be a tough one and a close one.

Now, all caveats should be added in here.

Okay?

This is very early.

This is not predictive.

This is just a baseline snapshot of how the American people see the potential matchups between

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