Poll: Most Americans think Trump has ‘gone too far’ with foreign interventions |
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half of US adults believe President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in using the US military to intervene in other countries, according to a new AP-NORC poll.
The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was conducted January 8-11, after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s capture. It found that 56 percent of US adults think Trump has overstepped on military interventions abroad, while majorities disapprove of how the Republican president is handling foreign policy in general and Venezuela in particular.
The findings largely cut against Trump’s aggressive foreign policy stance, which has recently included efforts to exert control over Venezuelan oil, calls for the US to take over Greenland, and warnings that the US would provide aid to people protesting in Iran. Many did see the Trump administration’s recent intervention in Venezuela as a “good thing” for stopping the flow of illegal drugs into the US and a benefit for the Venezuelan people, but fewer say it’s a positive for US national security or the US economy.
Republicans are mostly following Trump’s lead, despite the sharp contrast with the “America First” platform he ran on. But few Republicans want Trump to go further, underscoring the risks of a continued focus abroad.
While the US used its military power in Venezuela to........