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AP-NORC Poll: 65% Disapprove of Trump on Iran, 37% Overall Job Approval Unchanged
A new survey of 3,040 adults finds President Donald Trump’s overall job approval steady at 37% as a deal with Iran takes shape.
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U.S. adults disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling issues with Iran, according to an AP-NORC poll conducted June 11-17. 8 percentage points.
About one-third approve of Trump’s approach to Iran. Trump’s overall job approval stands at 37%, unchanged from an AP-NORC poll conducted in May.
U.S. Naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. The war with Iran began February 28. The deal allows Iran to sell its oil freely again and reopens the strait without tolls for two months.
U.S. And Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program and calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. U.S. adults said American military action against Iran had “gone too far,” down from 59% in a March poll.
About 4 in 10 Republicans said the action has been “about right,” and 37% of Republicans said it had not gone far enough. U.S. adults approve of how Trump is handling Israel.
Sixty-nine percent of Republicans approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, compared with 78% who approve of how he is handling the presidency overall. David Farrington, a 79-year-old Republican-leaning independent in Fort Worth, Texas, said the agreement focused on the strait and did not deliver more on Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
“Any agreement regarding the strait is hardly what I would consider a recognizable concession on the part of Iran,” he said.
Donald McBride, a 28-year-old independent in Plano, Texas, said he opposed going to war with Iran. “I would like the war to end,” he said.
U.S. Actions were necessary. “Those attacks are to protect us from nuclear attacks,” she said. James Huffman, a 69-year-old Republican in Medway, Ohio, said Trump’s strategy with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ineffective.
“Netanyahu is not going to do everything Trump wants,” he said. Patricia Bailey, a 42-year-old Republican in Parkersburg, West Virginia, said prices had gotten out of control. “I just said the other night, ordering pizza is for rich people,” she said.
