Some of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy moves — including his handling of the Ukraine-Russia war and threats to annex Greenland — aren’t sitting well with the public, according to a new poll.
Trump is below water with Americans on new foreign policy and trade actions and efforts to tackle ongoing conflicts, the Pew Research Center found in a poll released Tuesday.
The poll conducted last month found that 43 percent of Americans believe Trump has been too supportive of Russia in his efforts to pressure Ukraine and its leader, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to accept an agreement to end the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II.
It also found that just over half of Americans believe that the president’s tariffs on China will be bad for the country, a question that was asked before this week’s huge selloff in the financial markets and predictions of recession as a result of the looming trade war.
Around a quarter of those polled said the tariffs will have a positive impact on the country.
Americans are cool to his proposals to annex Greenland and take control of Gaza and transform it into a Mediterranean destination. By more than a two-to-one margin, Americans oppose taking over either of the territories.
Public opinion was more divided on the broader conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Thirty-one percent say Trump is too aligned with Israel, while 29 percent say that he has struck the right balance.
Pew surveyed 3,605 American adults from March 24-30. The margin of error is plus or minus 1.9 percentage points.