In the aftermath of his meeting with Kim Jong Un, President Trump declared that North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat. Americans have a more measured view, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. But their impressions of what happened in Singapore are nonetheless more positive than pre-summit attitudes […] Read more »
Skepticism remains — but has eased — on North Korea’s nuclear intentions
Most Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll are skeptical Donald Trump’s sit-down with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un will lead Pyongyang to relinquish its nuclear weapons. But that doubt has lessened substantially from pre-summit levels. CONT. Gary Langer, ABC News Read more »
Has Trump Irreversibly Altered the GOP’s Foreign Policy?
In his sledgehammer assault against the cornerstone institutions of the Western alliance, Donald Trump is replaying one of the defining confrontations in the Republican Party’s history. Only this time, the outcome is being reversed—with potentially tumultuous implications for both the GOP and the future of American foreign policy. Trump is […] Read more »
Voters Poised for Large Midterm Turnout, Opposed to Drastic Policy Actions by President Trump
Americans are overwhelmingly engaged in the upcoming 2018 congressional elections, and are poised to split with the president on a number of high-profile policy issues. In the inaugural edition of the George Washington University Politics Poll more than three-quarters (78 percent) of registered voters said they definitely will vote in […] Read more »
Singapore, Trump and Short Voter Memories
If talks in Singapore between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un conclude with anything short of a collapse, Trump will hail it as a great historical achievement. That’s fair enough, and he’d probably get a boost in the polls. Yet history shows that public-opinion gains for […] Read more »
5 facts about how the U.S. and its allies see North Korea
Eyes turn to Singapore this week as President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un prepare to meet for the first time. While previous communication between the two leaders was marked by hostility, the meeting came about following North Korea’s more recent promises to suspend missile tests and […] Read more »