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Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Trumps Strikes on Iran - Mother JonesAbout half of respondents-including one in four Republicans-said the president was too open to using military force. The poll surveyed 1,282 US adults starting on Saturday, following news breaking of the strikes.
Even before the attacks, Trump's handling of Iran was unpopular. Back in January, a Reuters/Ipsos found that only 33 percent of Americans approved of (his) policy with Iran, while 43 percent disapproved.
Johonny
(25,944 posts)America last Administration
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(13,774 posts)Grammy23
(6,110 posts)How little has been done to address your concerns, things designed to distract you kind of fall flat. tRump doesnt live like the rest of the real people live so he isnt familiar with the price of groceries. He doesnt pull out his check book and write checks to pay bills or go to his banking app to make payments for his insurance or car. But millions of us do that regularly so we know if prices are going down or not.
When tRump does things to distract, it is pretty obvious. But with his limited experience of everyday life, he doesnt know his efforts to make us think about or worry about something else are futile. When youre worried about making ends meet and have no way to stretch any more of your budget, he is just so much noise and flapping of his arms. Somebody needs to tell him its not working.
Oh, and release all of the Epstein files. We can walk and chew gum at the same time if we want to.
CTyankee
(68,063 posts)OMGWTF
(5,064 posts)Im thinkin the religiously insane snake handlers will be dumbfounded and wallowing in their ignorance and stupidity when they dont get to go. Theyre counting on the rapture. Sorry Chumps, ha, ha.
bdamomma
(69,472 posts)Beware of false prophet's???. He is no prophet, just a liar/grifter.
kimbutgar
(27,116 posts)But they found money to bomb a country that was not threatening us. 🤬
LuvLoogie
(8,744 posts)They just aren't sure if it's wise to say so yet. They are hedging. I mean they don't oppose it either.
Whatever.
This is America.
miyazaki
(2,625 posts)Evolve Dammit
(21,704 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,658 posts)LuvLoogie
(8,744 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,658 posts)LuvLoogie
(8,744 posts)How does that translate to overwhelmingly oppose. THAT's hyperbole. LOL
How do you not know if you support or oppose a racist criminal regime using the military in a criminal manner?
That's hedging because you're too concerned with looking like a murderous asshole or looking like a woke beta.
Wiz Imp
(9,658 posts)LuvLoogie
(8,744 posts)I'm not sure the Not Sures are gonna wanna lend a hand.
Wiz Imp
(9,658 posts)But go ahead and keep insisting that every one of the not sures in that other poll approve of the attacks. It was an insane statement and has been proven so by this additional polling.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/politics/cnn-poll-59-of-americans-disapprove-of-iran-strikes-and-most-think-a-long-term-conflict-is-likely
The poll, fielded shortly after US and Israeli attacks launched the war with Iran, finds majorities express doubts about President Donald Trumps handling of the situation. Most say they lack trust in Trump to make the right decisions about US use of force in Iran, with 60% saying they do not think he has a clear plan for handling the situation and 62% saying he should get congressional approval for any further military action.
Just over a quarter (27%) feel that the US made enough of an effort at diplomacy with Iran before using military force, with 39% saying the US did not try hard enough at diplomacy first and 33% unsure.
LuvLoogie
(8,744 posts)I stand by all my statements. This is America
Wiz Imp
(9,658 posts)So when 6 more polls come out this week showing the same thing as the CNN poll, I'm sure you'll still stand by your ridicuous statement. Apparently you don't understand what this makes you look like. Hint: It's not good.
Cha
(318,244 posts)The Nazi PEDO is a War Criminal and Homicidal Maniac .. are the People catching On in Spite of the Propaganda Machines like CNN and C BS?
TY B.See
B.See
(8,204 posts)Mexico, Cuba, and other Latin American countries. Sowing division in Canada and Greenland?
aka regime change?
i.e. diversion, minerals, and OIL?
Quick. Somebody give him a peace prize.
What's that you say? He's already EXTORTED one? A Rolex and gold bars too you say?
And an Olympic gold medal??
nevermind.
Cha
(318,244 posts)Meted Out, Needs to Receive Everyone in KIND!
him a JAIL CELL that's what he needs!!!
Evolve Dammit
(21,704 posts)popsdenver
(2,090 posts)his CORE group of MAGAot Morons.........they will be Trump's submissives, regardless of anything..........
OMGWTF
(5,064 posts)Xipe Totec
(44,539 posts)ffr
(23,349 posts)They're also followers of the orange anus on his social media platform. So yeah, they believe what they're told to believe, like good little brainless followers.
Wiz Imp
(9,658 posts)Last edited Sun Mar 1, 2026, 07:00 PM - Edit history (1)
That translates to no more than 1 to 2% of the population having it on at any given time,let alone 24/7. Surely well under 1% of the population has Fox on 24/7. People here vastly overrate the viewership of Fox News.
mgardener
(2,327 posts)The fetid smell from NY 21 is Elise Stefanik.
A true Trump bootlicker.
Bootlicker- is a derogatory term for someone who behaves servilely or excessively flatteringly toward a person in authority, hoping to gain personal advantage, favor, or promotion, often seen as lacking self-respect and being insincere.
mwb970
(12,128 posts)Who could have known??
struggle4progress
(125,919 posts)B.See
(8,204 posts)struggle4progress
(125,919 posts)And maybe it's time to again suggest investigate Renee Good's wife?
And why not another attempt to get a grand jury to indict Congress folk for suggesting that active military folk should follow the law and refuse to follow illegal orders?
Klarkashton
(5,125 posts)Only "USA USA"
progree
(12,880 posts)Now we've got 3 U.S. dead and 5 seriously wounded the latest I've read...
So it's not a zero U.S. casualties situation like the strikes on Iran last June, or the Maduro regime-change operation, that some may have expected again, so I will be watching for polls taken after that news.
Wiz Imp
(9,658 posts)BannonsLiver
(20,435 posts)Im not surprised so many are undecided. The regime has done nothing to communicate their objectives which is an unforced error. Because of that, most of the 29 percent will probably break the other way. That compounds as the initial barrage fades and the hardliners are still in charge in Iran.
Aussie105
(7,788 posts)Some talk of another unneeded and undeclared war, the ignorance of the need for countries overseas for self-determination, the cost in human lives, the 'existential threat' to Israel and the USA of Iranian nukes being an excuse rather than a fact, etc.
Other just go 'good on ya America!' and ignore everything else.
Unfortunately my local TV source, ABC Australia, usually level headed in its reporting, is in the second group, going as far as putting file film of US aircraft launches off carriers and missile launches from ships on an endless loop.
Our own version of Fox News.
Meanwhile, Iranians living in Australia cheer in the streets, believing this is the end of autocratic theocratic rule in their own country, and tomorrow democracy will rule.
They will be disappointed.
WarGamer
(18,429 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,658 posts)The poll, fielded shortly after US and Israeli attacks launched the war with Iran, finds majorities express doubts about President Donald Trumps handling of the situation. Most say they lack trust in Trump to make the right decisions about US use of force in Iran, with 60% saying they do not think he has a clear plan for handling the situation and 62% saying he should get congressional approval for any further military action.
Just over a quarter (27%) feel that the US made enough of an effort at diplomacy with Iran before using military force, with 39% saying the US did not try hard enough at diplomacy first and 33% unsure.
LetMyPeopleVote
(178,161 posts)The president didnt make the case for war. The resulting polling data was inevitable.
*Of course* the initial round of polling shows weak public support for the offensive in Iran:
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-03-02T13:04:01.354Z
The public didnât want another war, and Trump never even tried to make the case. The results were inevitable. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/why-public-skepticism-of-the-offensive-in-iran-was-inevitable-and-entirely-trumps-fault
Those national surveys, however, were conducted before the U.S. military offensive began. Would public attitudes change after the bombs started falling? Evidently not. Reuters reported on its first poll, conducted with Ipsos, on the crisis.
Only one in four Americans approves of the U.S. strikes that killed Irans leader, while about half including one in four Republicans believe President Donald Trump is too willing to use military force, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Sunday.
Some 27% of respondents said they approved of the strikes, while 43% disapproved and 29% were not sure.
The same data found that a 56% majority of Americans think Trump is too willing to use military force to advance U.S. interests, which seems reasonable given the number of countries hes attacked over the last year.....
For the White House, the survey data has to be discouraging, but if the president wants to know why exactly the American mainstream is not on board with the operation, he has no one to blame but himself.
Ahead of the U.S. offensive in Iraq in 2003, George W. Bush at least made the effort to prepare the nation for war. The presidents policy proved disastrous, but before launching the offensive he told the public what he was doing, why he was doing it, why he saw the mission as necessary and what he hoped to accomplish. While the failed policy ultimately proved wildly unpopular, when shock and awe got underway in Baghdad, polls showed strong public support.
Trump didnt bother with any comparable efforts. Indeed, the Republican incumbent apparently didnt see the point in informing the public about, or even trying to convince it of, the merits of his policy to the extent that he has a policy beyond drop bombs and hope it all works out.
The president, in other words, didnt make the case for war. The resulting polling data was inevitable.