But the Administration continues to defend the fighting. “Twenty-five days in, the greatest military the world has ever known is ahead of schedule and performing exceptionally,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a Wednesday press briefing.
Partisan divide
Latest polls show that the partisan divide in public sentiment on the Iran war persists.
The Pew Research poll found that while 90% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents disapprove of Trump’s handling of the Iran conflict, 69% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents approve. In the AP-NORC poll, 52% of Republicans said U.S. military action in Iran has been about right, and another 20% said it hasn’t gone far enough, compared to 90% of Democrats who said that it’s gone too far.
The Quinnipiac survey found 79% of Republicans think the war with Iran will make the world safer, while 74% of Democrats think it will make the world less safe. And the Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 75% of Republicans approve of the U.S. military strikes on Iran, while 93% of Democrats disapprove.
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