53 percent Americans disapproves Trump’s Iran handling

53 percent Americans unhappy with President Donald Trump’s handling of Iran.

According to a new poll conducted after the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, found 53 percent of American adults un happy with Trump.

Ipsos and Reuters found in their latest survey, 53 percent of American adults disapproved of the president’s handling of Iran to some degree, a 9 point increase on polling in December.

Just under four in ten Americans (39 percent) told pollsters they “strongly disapprove” of Trump’s actions regarding Iran,

While 7 percent said they “somewhat” disapprove and 8 percent “lean towards disapprove.”

Reuters reported proportion of surveyed Americans who “strongly” disapproved of Trump’s Iran policy.

Its latest poll results published as Iran fired missiles on an air base in Iraq housing U.S. and coalition troops in response to the killing of Soleimani on January 3.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility for the attack, which does not appear to have resulted in casualties at the time of writing.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said strikes “concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter,”

He added the country did not “seek escalation or war.”

In a tweet following the missile strike on the air base, President Trump tweeted:

“All is well! Missiles launched from Iran at two military bases located in Iraq.”

“Assessment of casualties & damages taking place now.”

“So far, so good! We have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world, by far!”

“I will be making a statement tomorrow morning.”

Responding to the Reuters/Ipsos survey conducted almost nine in ten (86 percent) of Democrats said they disapproved of Trump’s actions against Iran

While 79 percent of Republicans said they approved of his policy.

Just under half (48 percent) of Independent voters were unhappy with the administration’s actions around Iran, compared to 36 percent who approved to varying degrees.

A little more than one in ten said war and foreign conflicts were the “most important problem facing the U.S. today,” putting the issue behind healthcare among American adults.

Among those who told pollsters that the prospect of foreign conflicts was the greatest issue facing America at the present time, almost two-thirds (63 percent) of those surveyed said they were most concerned about war with Iran. By comparison, only 20 percent fretted over a conflict with Iraq.

When asked for their view on how President Trump was handling U.S. foreign policy matters in general, 53 percent of all respondents said they disapproved, while just 39 percent approved.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted through online interviews between January 6-7 with a sample of 1,115 U.S. adults weighted to reflect the demographics of America. Pollsters said the margin of error was 3.3 percentage points.

The graphic below, provided by Statista, shows the share of poll respondents who approved and disapproved of President Trump’s handling of Iran.