Let's talk about lost faith in Trump's foreign policy skills in the US.... - Belle of the Ranch

Well, howdy there Internet people. It's Belle again. So, today we're going to talk about lost faith in Trump's foreign policy skills in the US.

Some recent polling definitely explains a Trump administration's sudden interest in the optics of its foreign policy moves. The short answer is that Americans don't trust Trump on foreign policy even on questions about the president's most basic duties on the international scene. The results are pretty much the same when you're talking about some of the most important decisions any person can make.

A new AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs research poll asked a pretty simple question. "In general, how much do you trust Donald Trump to make the right decisions about each of the following?” When it comes to relationships with US allies, which are the easiest tasks in the foreign policy world, only 26% of people said they trusted Trump a great deal or quite a bit to make the right decisions. 56% said only a little or not at all. That's a ratio of 2:1. 43% of those surveyed said not at all.

Maybe picking fights with our closest allies wasn't a great idea. If I had to guess, that was where the confidence in Trump started to crack. But the lack of faith in Trump's decision-making on the international scene is now the majority opinion across the topics. The most telling is the use of nuclear weapons. I can't think of a single decision that carries more weight for a human being. 47% said not at all. Call me crazy, but everybody should be a single issue voter on this one.

If you can't trust someone to make the right decision with something that could potentially cause the loss of millions of lives, you shouldn't vote to put them into an office with that responsibility. When you add the people who said they trust Trump only a little to decide about nukes, the number goes to 59%. Which again is a 2:1 ratio over those who said they trust him a great deal or quite a bit.

But what might hit the Trump administration even harder is that Americans aren't particularly concerned with Iran's nuclear program. The polling was conducted from the 19th to the 23rd so after Trump had been really banging the war drums and doing his best fear-mongering. Those who are extremely or very concerned about Iran are only at about 48%. It doesn't even break a majority. That should make it harder for him to sell his war.

There's one other thing I found interesting in the polling that gave Trump such low marks. 48% of respondents identified as moderates. Thirty said they were conservatives and twenty said they were liberals. This doesn't bode well for Trump getting support for the elective war with Iran.

Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.