Trump’s Foreign Policy Not Popular
Dan Drezner’s recent substack post “The Pretty Prudent American Public” has memorable the top line “Turns out that most Americans do not like being expansionist assholes on the global stage.”
The meat of the post is a survey of recent poll results such as the following
Trump Approval Rating 45% (down from 47% on Jan 20-21)
Renaming Gulf of Mexico: 25% Support / 70% Oppose
New tariffs or taxes on imports from Canada: 37% Support / 60% Oppose
Withdrawing from Paris Peace Accords: 39% Support / 56% Oppose
New tariffs or taxes on imports from Mexico: 41% Support / 55% Oppose
New tariffs or taxes on imports from other countries: 43% Support / 54% Oppose
Quinnipiac University poll (Jan 26)
Trump Approval Rating: 46%
“A plurality of voters (48 percent) expects U.S. tariffs on goods made in other countries to hurt the U.S. economy, while 42 percent expect them to help the U.S. economy.”
“Voters 55 - 28 percent disapprove of Trump's idea of the United States acquiring Greenland, with 17 percent not offering an opinion.”
“Voters are divided on Trump's idea of the United States taking back control of the Panama Canal, with 45 percent disapproving, 44 percent approving, and 11 percent not offering an opinion.”