Americans give President Donald Trump middling marks on his handling of the economy and efforts to shrink the government and are unimpressed by some of the early fights he has picked, such as proposals to take over Gaza, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
The poll, conducted February 13-18, asked more than 4,000 U.S. adults nationwide whether they supported a range of positions staked out by Trump and how much the issues would motivate them to vote in the future. The results point to Trump putting considerable effort into policies that many Americans don’t like, or don’t consider very important.
They didn’t ask the right question, clearly: “are they hurting the right people”? Of course, between the farmers losing a major purchaser and the like, the answers may be more complex than anticipated.