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You're fired: CNN reveals the magic number that gets Trump aides the boot

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When President Donald Trump's previous Cabinet officials reached -15 points in popularity, they were shoved out shortly after, explained CNN data analyst Harry Enten. Speaking about the failing approval ratings among Trump's Cabinet officials, Enten recalled that former Secretary Kristi Noem and former Attorney General Pam Bondi dropped to -16 points and -22 points, respectively, at the time that they were forced to resign. Currently, Vice President JD Vance has an approval of -17 points, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is at -22 points, Secretary Marco Rubio is -8 points and Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. is -9 points. The worst, however, is Hegseth, who has been in a bad spot across the board. "This has been something that's been going on throughout the entire administration. He has been underwater in every single poll that I could find. That is his job disapproval rating being above his job approval rating. And Iran has not helped," said Enten. It's a particularly widening gap c

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