Americans increasingly critical of Trump's record on Iran, most expect war - Reuters/Ipsos poll

[webfact]

Americans increasingly critical of Trump's record on Iran, most expect war - Reuters/Ipsos poll

By Chris Kahn

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The American public is increasingly critical of President Donald Trump's handling of Iran after he ordered the U.S. military to kill a powerful Iranian military commander, and a majority of U.S. adults now expect the countries to be at war in the near future, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling released on Tuesday.

 

The national opinion poll found that 53% of adults in the U.S. disapprove of Trump's handling of Iran, which is an increase of about 9 percentage points from a similar poll that ran in the middle of December. (https://tmsnrt.rs/2sYNzgi)

 

The number of adults who "strongly disapprove" of Trump's actions in Iran - 39% - is up 10 points from the December poll.

 

The response was largely split along party lines, with disapproval up over the past month among Democrats and independents, while it did not change among Republicans.

 

About nine in 10 Democrats and five in 10 independents disapprove of Trump's actions in Iran. Among Republicans, one in 10 disapprove. One in 10 Democrats, four in 10 independents and eight in 10 Republicans approve of Trump's handling of Iran.

 

The survey ran Jan. 6-7, shortly after Trump ordered the drone strike in Iraq that hit Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and escalated tensions in the region. Iraq's parliament called for American troops to withdraw from the country, and mourners in Iran crowded onto the streets, chanting "Death to America!"

 

Trump, who said that Soleimani had been planning to attack Americans, argued that the strike was meant to stop a war with Iran. The president threatened to attack Iranian cultural sites if Iran retaliated.

 

According to the poll, Trump's overall popularity remained stable following his strike on Soleimani, with 41% approving of his performance in office and 54% disapproving.

 

Americans also appeared to be much more concerned now about the risk of war with Iran.

 

A separate Reuters/Ipsos poll that ran Jan. 3-6 found that 41% consider Iran to be an "imminent threat" to the United States, up 17 points from a similar poll that ran in May 2019. (https://tmsnrt.rs/35xJUDA)

 

It also found that 71% of Americans believe that the U.S. will be at war with Iran within the next few years, up 20 points from May's poll.

 

A growing minority of Americans say they are now in favour of a "preemptive attack" on Iran's military. The poll found that 27% said the United States should strike first, up 15 points from May. Another 41% said the United States should not strike first and 33% said they do not know.

 

The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online, in English, throughout the United States. It gathered responses from 1,108 adults in the Jan. 6-7 poll and 1,005 adults in the Jan. 3-6 poll. The results have a credibility interval, a measure of precision, of about 4 percentage points.

 

(Reporting by Chris Kahn; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-01-08

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[Cryingdick]

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/08/stock-markets-today-us-futures-fall-following-attack-in-iraq.html

[TopDeadSenter]

Iran just flung a load of missiles at US bases. Do they not realize the Democrats are not in power any more?

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7862453/Multiple-rockets-hit-Taji-military-base-Iraq-American-British-troops-based.html

[Cryingdick]

Iran has claimed responsibility it seems. 

[Cryingdick]

Reports coming in that there are US planes in the air now.

[ezzra]

Many in America are ignorant when it comes to world affairs and will not be able to point to where Iran is on the world map, many American things that the US should not meddle in other countries affairs, but those people doesn't realise that it doesn't work that way and if the US want to remain a superpower, it have and must get itself involved or troubles even at costs of US soldiers or troubles will find their ways to their doorsteps wherever they are and whether they like it or not...

[URMySunshine]

They were fired at the troop accommodation here. We know from the Saudi oil refinery attacks they can pinpoint targets. Trump has visited before.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Asad_Airbase

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/rockets-fired-iraq-base-housing-troops-reports-200107232445101.html

 

[Cryingdick]

6 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Many in America are ignorant when it comes to world affairs and will not be able to point to where Iran is on the world map, many American things that the US should not meddle in other countries affairs, but those people doesn't realise that it doesn't work that way and if the US want to remain a superpower, it have and must get itself involved or troubles even at costs of US soldiers or troubles will find their ways to their doorsteps wherever they are and whether they like it or not...

 

Many Europeans couldn't place most US states on a map, know their capitols, major tributaries etc. Most people just use google maps these days.

[neeray]

I read a post here recently in another thread, something like, "is an election worth starting a third world war over?".

 

Great question, whoever it was. Sorry, I can't recall.

I know for sure it wasn't Mr Boon

[Cryingdick]

3 minutes ago, URMySunshine said:

They were fired at the troop accommodation here. We know from the Saudi oil refinery attacks they can pinpoint targets. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Asad_Airbase

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/rockets-fired-iraq-base-housing-troops-reports-200107232445101.html

 

Reports are out that US war planes are in the skies. 

[URMySunshine]

And so it begins. ????????

[Chazar]

1 minute ago, URMySunshine said:

And so it begins. ????????

Iran spent  years  fighting their  neighbours and neither side learnt anything.

[bristolboy]

12 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Many in America are ignorant when it comes to world affairs and will not be able to point to where Iran is on the world map, many American things that the US should not meddle in other countries affairs, but those people doesn't realise that it doesn't work that way and if the US want to remain a superpower, it have and must get itself involved or troubles even at costs of US soldiers or troubles will find their ways to their doorsteps wherever they are and whether they like it or not...

Which is exactly the opposite of the position that Donald Trump campaigned on. And, what so many of his supporters claimed made him different from previous Presidents.

[URMySunshine]

Well since this is most definitely Trump's war and the Iranians have readily admitted this. The next campaign is simple, vote for continuing war with Iran or vote for peace.

[Scott]

Trolling meme and post reported and removed.  

 

[cyril sneer]

43 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

Iran has claimed responsibility it seems. 

ISIS

[harada]

This episode is reminiscent of the bombing of Nth Vietnam by Richard Nixon in Dec 1972 when he wasn't happy with how the Paris peace talks were going, then referred to as "War by tantrum" and we all know how things turned out for "I'm not a crook". ????

[TopDeadSenter]

15 minutes ago, URMySunshine said:

 The next campaign is simple, vote for continuing war with Iran or vote for peace.

Don't confuse surrendering to an enemy that scares you with peaceful resolution. They are not the same!

[Cryingdick]

Just now, harada said:

This episode is reminiscent of the bombing of Nth Vietnam by Richard Nixon in Dec 1972 when he wasn't happy with how the Paris peace talks were going, then referred to as "War by tantrum" and we all know how things turned out for "I'm not a crook". ????

 

Another war we don't have to exactly win. This will be much different than VN or Iraq or other wars. 

[RichardColeman]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Americans increasingly critical of Trump's record on Iran

Wonder of they will be the same ones holding up 'Nuke Iran' banners when Iran kill a few more Americans ? 

[Cryingdick]

Anyway now everything I know is the same news everybody else has. Just an observation is that no mainstream news channel knew of this before the biz news. Especially the online ones. 

[worgeordie]

Now the price of oil is going to rise,and therefore everything else,

inflation will increase,the future is not looking good.

regards Worgeordie

[elmrfudd]

52 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Many in America are ignorant when it comes to world affairs and will not be able to point to where Iran is on the world map, many American things that the US should not meddle in other countries affairs, but those people doesn't realise that it doesn't work that way and if the US want to remain a superpower, it have and must get itself involved or troubles even at costs of US soldiers or troubles will find their ways to their doorsteps wherever they are and whether they like it or not...

Quite a few general assumptions there.

 

It is amazing that Europeans seem to forget their own history of conquest that entail rape and pillage while enslaving the conquered. How many of these countries paid to rebuild the country they defeated? 

[Cryingdick]

Reported on CNN no American casualties.

[ezzra]

46 minutes ago, URMySunshine said:

And so it begins. ????????

It should read 'and so it continue' rather than begins, as it has begun long time ago...

[bristolboy]

1 minute ago, ezzra said:

It should read 'and so it continue' rather than begins, as it has begun long time ago...

Yes. More of the same. Which is exactly what Trump claimed he was against.

[Cryingdick]

8 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Now the price of oil is going to rise,and therefore everything else,

inflation will increase,the future is not looking good.

regards Worgeordie

 

Let's cross our fingers and pray this won't weaken the dollar. Otherwise some American expats living in Thailand are going to feel it.

[elmrfudd]

1 minute ago, bristolboy said:

Yes. More of the same. Which is exactly what Trump claimed he was against.

What makes you think that he still doesn't want to be in a prolonged war in the middle east like the past decades of stupidity have started? 

[Cryingdick]

Just now, elmrfudd said:

What makes you think that he still doesn't want to be in a prolonged war in the middle east like the past decades of stupidity have started? 

 

This is going to be a massive strike not a war. They are saying no Americans have died. If that's the case the Iranians are laughably bad. We had three days to prepare already our troops were hunkered down.

[elmrfudd]

7 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Europeans aren't seeking war with a country they don't know the location of.

They can't, they don't have a military to speak of. They depend on the us for protection so they can spend gdp on free stuff.