Americans give Trump negative marks for Helsinki performance, poll finds

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post



By Scott Clement and Dan Balz
July 22 at 7:00 AM

By wide margins, Americans give President Trump negative marks for his conduct during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week and for his casting doubt on U.S. intelligence conclusions that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds.

But public reaction nationally appears more muted than in Washington where Trump faced withering bipartisan criticism for appearing to side with Putin over U.S. intelligence agencies at a Monday news conference in Helsinki. Most Americans do not feel Trump went “too far” in supporting Putin, and while more Americans say U.S. leadership has gotten weaker than stronger under Trump, his ratings on this question are slightly improved from last fall.

The findings indicate that while Trump was judged critically for his summit performance, the event has not at this time proved to be a significant turning point in his presidency, despite the sharp criticism he received in the hours and days after the meeting and the multiple efforts by White House officials and the president to clarify his remarks in Helsinki. The poll results suggest that overall attitudes toward the president have hardened on both sides and that major events like Helsinki produce only modest changes in his overall standing, if any.

[Read full poll results | How the poll was conducted ]

The Post-ABC poll conducted Wednesday through Friday finds that overall, 33 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of his meeting with Putin while 50 percent disapprove. A sizable 18 percent say they have no opinion. A slightly larger 56 percent disapprove of Trump expressing doubts about U.S. intelligence agencies’ conclusion that Russia tried to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. On both questions, those who say they “strongly disapprove” of Trump’s performance outnumber those who say they “strongly approve” by better than 2 to 1.



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[CurtEastPoint]

1. REAL Americans, that is. Repubes? High marks for the traitor.

[rpannier]

2. Yep. Trump will use a variation of the 'No True Scotsman' fallacy

His supporters will repeat it over-and-over

[Marthe48]

3. I'd like to answer some polls

melt some eyeballs

[shraby]

4. I would like to see the number of respondents in all categories.

[Timmygoat]

5. After the secretive

Meeting with Putin I wonder if Trump is a candidate for a trip to join Julius and Ethel Rosenburg who were executed for giving secrets to the russians.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. The non-political public are relatively unaware of world events

especially ones that don't directly, immediately effect their daily lives. They don't understand sovereignty, or how policies on trade and international relations translate into laws and policies that determine their future. So yeah, not a lot of movement over this issue. And the deplorables just want to tear down everything anyway. I mean everything. Anything that has power or prominence or exerts control over their lives or allows others to get ahead of them is EVIL. Angry, nasty, competitive, rowdy - and not well-educated. Logic, reason, and fact deficient in most areas. And these people vote.

[zanana1]

7. I hope I don't get flamed over this, but...

It's the Independents I worry about.

[Duppers]

9. Me too! I'm very disappointed in the Independents' only 46% disapproval

What the F is wrong with this country???!!!

[zanana1]

10. I think that some Independents are Republicans...

who don't want to admit it.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Fake News - Donald J Trump