When it comes to Russia, Americans have more trust in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation than they do in President Trump’s denials of collusion, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds. By wide margins, those surveyed are convinced that Russians meddled in the 2016 presidential election and that they will […] Read more »
Study: Conservatives amplified Russian trolls 30 times more often than liberals in 2016
Conservatives were much more likely than liberals to retweet Russian trolls in the 2016 election, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Southern California released this month. It traced Russian efforts to influence America’s 2016 presidential campaign via Twitter using 45 million election-related tweets generated by […] Read more »
Americans Not Convinced U.S. Needs to Spend More on Defense
Although the new federal budget significantly increases U.S. defense spending, only a third of Americans believe the government is spending too little on the military. The majority of Americans, as they have for many years, believe the government is spending too much or about the right amount on defense. CONT. […] Read more »
Did Russia impact the election?
“I think it [Facebook, Twitter, Instagram] helped me win all of these races where they’re spending much more money than I spent.” — President Donald Trump, on “60 Minutes,” Nov. 13, 2016 “Facebook and Twitter were the reason we won this thing.” — Brad Parscale, Digital Director, Trump for President, Wired, Nov. […] Read more »
U.S. Leadership Image Suffers Most Among Friendly Nations
After Donald Trump’s election, U.S. allies and adversaries scrambled to evaluate whether his unorthodox rhetoric foreshadowed substantive shifts in U.S. foreign policy. The “America First” agenda raised questions about his administration’s willingness to defend and promote the liberal world order that the U.S. had instrumentally shaped since 1945. Reflecting this […] Read more »
North Korea Surges to Top of U.S. Enemies List
North Korea dwarfs all other countries when Gallup asks Americans whom they consider to be the United States’ greatest enemy. Fifty-one percent now name the East Asian nation, more than tripling the 16% who cited it in 2016, with Russia, China and Iran distantly following. … Russian intervention in the […] Read more »