An analysis of the first 600,000 tweets from the United States mentioning U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Russian President Vladimir V. Putin during and after their joint press conference in Helsinki shows overwhelmingly negative reactions. Net sentiment toward Mr. Trump is negative in every single one of the 50 […] Read more »
Key public opinion findings on Trump, Putin and the countries they lead
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet next week in Finland for their first bilateral summit (though they have met in less formal settings on other occasions). Issues on the table could include the NATO military alliance, U.S. sanctions against Russia, the conflict in Syria and […] Read more »
Republicans More Positive on U.S. Relations With Russia
As the July 16 meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin approaches, majorities of Republicans and Democrats continue to believe U.S.-Russia relations are more negative than positive — defining the former Cold War foe as either an enemy or unfriendly to the U.S. However, the percentage […] Read more »
Trump’s Foreign Policy and American Public Opinion
President Donald Trump’s appearance at the NATO meetings in Brussels has returned our attention once again to his views on the need to change the role of the United States on the world stage. Trump’s attempts to shift the ways of U.S. foreign policy are not a new phenomenon, of […] Read more »
Americans’ Opinions of U.S.-North Korea Relations Less Negative
Americans’ views of U.S.-North Korea relations remain negative, but less so than at their peak five years ago. Forty-six percent of Americans now describe North Korea as an enemy of the U.S., down from 58% in 2013. Meanwhile, the percentage regarding North Korea as an unfriendly nation rather than an […] Read more »
Where Did the Radical Right Come From?
BRING THE WAR HOME The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America By Kathleen Belew … Kathleen Belew’s gripping study of white power, “Bring the War Home,” was written before the city of Charlottesville became a hashtag, and is largely concerned with activities from the 1970s and ’80s. But it is […] Read more »