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Trump's 'wannabe I.M. Pei' image enrages voters and delights thankful Dems: data guru

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The national debt crossed $40 trillion just as President Donald Trump was giving reporters a tour of ongoing White House renovation projects, and CNN's Harry Enten said the timing couldn't be worse. Enten's numbers show voters are deeply unhappy with Trump's focus on the White House building projects . Net satisfaction sits 33 points underwater overall – showing dissatisfaction outweighs satisfaction by a wide margin. "Look, we got wannabe I.M. Pei over here trying to build up all of this stuff going on here, and the federal debt," Enten said. "Adios, amigos – goodbye, see you later – north of $40 trillion, and Americans are p---ed off. They're p---ed off, and it's pretty clear." Among independents, the group Enten calls the "center of the electorate," the number craters to 52 points underwater, and Enten can't imagine Republicans are happy. "You think those congressional Republicans like Trump talking about these D.C. building projects?" he said. "Absolutely not, because these are the