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   Polls show broad public opposition to Trump’s interventionist global agenda   
      
   When it comes to the president’s foreign ambitions, most Americans just   
   aren’t buying what he’s selling.   
   Jan. 15, 2026, 9:50 AM EST   
   By   
   Steve Benen   
      
   Early on in Donald Trump’s second term, the president started to focus on   
   priorities he hadn’t talked about on the campaign trail the year before. In   
   fact, the Republican turned his attention to an imperialistic vision,   
   announcing interventionist plans for everything from Greenland to Panama,   
   Canada to Gaza.   
      
   Polls suggested that most Americans were not on board with this foreign   
   agenda. The president didn’t appear to care.   
      
   With Trump’s second year of his second term poised to get underway, and   
   with his interventionist global agenda reaching radical new heights,   
   there’s fresh evidence that the American mainstream is even less impressed   
   than it was in early 2025. The Associated Press reported:   
      
       More than half of U.S. adults believe President Donald Trump has ‘gone   
   too far’ in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries,   
   according to a new AP-NORC poll.   
      
       The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs   
   Research was conducted Jan. 8-11, after Venezuelan President Nicolás   
   Maduro’s capture. It found that 56% of U.S. adults think Trump has   
   overstepped on military interventions abroad.   
      
   These top-line results are important, but just as notable are the survey   
   results on the specific international targets Trump has in mind.   
      
   Venezuela: The president said earlier this week that critics of his recent   
   military offensive in Venezuela necessarily “hate our country.” He might   
   want to rethink this: The AP poll found that 57% of respondents disapprove   
   of how Trump is handling the situation in Venezuela. The latest   
   Reuters/Ipsos poll found nearly identical results (59% disapproval). The   
   latest Quinnipiac University poll, meanwhile, found that 55% of Americans   
   oppose taking over Venezuela’s oil sales, and that 57% oppose the U.S.   
   running Venezuela until it is satisfied that the government there will   
   operate the way the U.S. wants it to.   
      
   Greenland: The Quinnipiac poll found that 55% of the American public   
   opposes trying to buy Greenland, while a whopping 86% oppose trying to take   
   Greenland by military force. Similarly, the Reuters/Ipsos poll found that   
   only 4% think it would be a good idea “to use military force to take   
   possession of Greenland from Denmark.”   
      
      
   Iran: The Quinnipiac poll found that 70% of Americans believe that the   
   United States should not get involved in ongoing developments in Iran,   
   while the Reuters/Ipsos poll similarly found that only 33% of the public   
   approves of Trump’s policy toward Iran.   
      
   Mexico: While Trump continues to talk about possible military strikes   
   against drug cartels in Mexico, the Quinnipiac poll found that 57% of   
   Americans are against the idea, while only 37% support such an offensive.   
      
   Congress’ role: As the White House pursues an interventionist agenda   
   abroad, it’s treated Congress as an afterthought, but the Quinnipiac poll   
   found that 70% of Americans believe that presidents, as a general matter,   
   should receive approval from Congress before taking military action against   
   another country.   
      
   If Trump is looking for good news in any of these national surveys, he   
   won’t find any: When it comes to his foreign ambitions, most Americans just   
   aren’t buying what he’s selling.   
      
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