The current Iranian crisis is one of Donald Trump’s own making: during his first term in office, he tore up the Iran nuclear agreement that prevented them from developing nuclear weapons. And after promising for years to bring peace to the Middle East, Trump jumped at the opportunity to escalate the war when every U.S. intelligence agency found no imminent threat. Now, he’s already scrambling to try and claim a shaky ceasefire.
But the American people aren’t falling for it: Americans already overwhelmingly rejected Trump’s reckless war, with most opposing his airstrikes and the vast majority fearing Iran will retaliate against U.S. civilians. Read more about Trump’s unpopular, escalatory attacks here:
AMERICANS OPPOSE TRUMP’S STRIKES ON IRAN, AND ARE WORRIED ABOUT RETALIATION:
- A majority of voters oppose Trump’s airstrikes on Iran (CNN Poll).
- Americans oppose U.S. airstrikes against Iran by a 20-point margin (Washington Post Poll).
- More Americans oppose than support the U.S. bombing of Iran (YouGov Poll).
- More than three quarters of Americans are worried that Iran may target U.S. civilians in response to Trump’s strikes (Reuters/Ipsos Poll).