A poll conducted by Reuters/Ipsos earlier this week in the aftermath of the killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani has found that the majority of Americans are unhappy with President Donald Trump’s handling of Iran, reported The News.
Just under four in ten Americans (39 per cent) told pollsters they "strongly disapprove" of Trump's actions regarding Iran, while seven per cent said they "somewhat" disapprove and eight per cent "lean towards disapprove."
According to Reuters, the proportion of surveyed Americans who "strongly" disapproved of the commander-in-chief's Iran policy had jumped by 10 points since last month. The latest poll results were published as Iran fired missiles on Iraqi bases housing US and coalition troops in response to the killing of Soleimani on January 3.
Responding to the Reuters/Ipsos survey conducted before the latest development in the tit-for-tat exchange between the US and Iran, almost nine in ten (86 per cent) of Democrats said they disapproved of President Trump's actions against Tehran while 79 per cent of Republicans said they approved of his policy.
Just under half (48 per cent) of independent voters were unhappy with the administration's actions around Iran, compared to 36 per cent who approved to varying degrees. A little more than one in ten said war and foreign conflicts were the "most important problem facing the US today," putting the issue behind healthcare among American adults.
Among those who told pollsters that the prospect of foreign conflicts was the greatest issue facing America at the present time, almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of those surveyed said they were most concerned about war with Iran. By comparison, only 20 per cent fretted over a conflict with Iraq.
When asked for their view on how President Trump was handling US foreign policy matters in general, 53 per cent of all respondents said they disapproved, while just 39 per cent approved.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted through online interviews between January 6-7 with a sample of 1,115 US adults weighted to reflect the demographics of America. Pollsters said the margin of error was 3.3 percentage points.
Meanwhile, in a separate survey from January 3 to 6, it turned out that 41 per cent of Americans see Iran as a “direct threat” to the United States, which is 17 points higher than the result of a survey on the same topic in May last year.
The survey also showed that 71 per cent of Americans believe that in the next few years there will be a war between the States and Iran, which is 20 points higher than the May poll.
A growing minority of Americans say they now advocate a “proactive attack” on the Iranian armed forces. The survey showed that 27 per cent said the United States should deliver the first blow, an increase of 15 points since May. Another 41 per cent said the United States should not attack Iran first, while 33 per cent found it difficult to answer.
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