Perhaps CNN hasn’t seen today’s Reuters/Ipsos poll of 1,337 registered voters that has Trump at...
49% approval, 49% disapproval
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html
Which is more popular than their messiah was at this point of his presidency. Did they report that?
CNN has surely seen it alright, and just as surely it will be ignored by CNN if it is anything good about Trump.
Well, that is the trick.
Job approval does not equal personal popularity. Americans may not universally like Trump, but they approve of the job he’s doing.