Americans’ support for the military strikes against Syria last week is historically low compared with reactions to previous U.S. military actions. Fifty percent of Americans approve of the missile airstrikes, while 41% disapprove. Ten percent have no opinion. CONT. Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »
Will Trump Benefit From A ‘Rally Around The Flag’ Effect After The Syria Airstrike?
Most foreign policy entanglements do not result in a “rally around the flag” event — when a president’s popularity jumps because Americans rally behind their commander-in-chief. That’s according to a 2001 study by William Baker of the Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences and John Oneal of the University of […] Read more »
Americans hated the idea of strikes against Syria in 2013. But Trump’s could be different.
President Trump’s decision to launch missile strikes at a Syrian airfield in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack on civilians marks a major escalation in U.S. involvement in the country’s civil war — and is an action that Americans overwhelmingly opposed four years ago. But while it will take days […] Read more »
Americans hold very negative views of North Korea amid nuclear tensions
Americans have uniformly negative views of North Korea and its nuclear ambitions – a subject likely to be high on the agenda when President Donald Trump meets in Florida this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Roughly two-thirds of Americans (65%) are very concerned about North Korea having nuclear weapons. […] Read more »
More than half of voters think Trump has weakened the U.S. on the world stage
He hasn’t even been in office three months but half of the nation’s voters already think President Donald Trump has weakened the United States’ role in the world, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll. CONT. Anita Kumar, McClatchy Read more »
Americans Still Support Major Role for US in Global Affairs
At the outset of the Trump administration, Americans’ desire for a strong U.S. role in solving international problems is about the same as when President Barack Obama first took office. Nearly one in four Americans (23%) currently think the U.S. should play the leading role in world affairs, while 49% […] Read more »