6 in 10 disapprove of Trump’s foreign policy: poll

Nearly two-thirds of Americans surveyed for a new poll published Monday disapprove of how President Trump has handled foreign policy during his time in office.

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found that 63 percent of Americans polled disapprove of Trump’s foreign policy, compared to 35 percent who approve. The results are sharply divided along partisan lines, as 76 percent of Republicans in the survey gave Trump positive marks and just 8 percent of Democrats did the same.

{mosads}Partisans are similarly split over whether the country’s standing in the world will improve. Among Republicans, 44 percent say the nation’s global standing will improve, while 77 percent of Democrats said they think it will get worse.

Trump received mixed marks on his decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria, the poll found. Thirty-nine percent of Americans back the move, while 35 percent said they disagree with it.

Forty-one percent of respondents said they would support pulling U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, while 30 percent said they would disapprove of such a move.

The poll surveyed 1,062 adults from Jan. 16-20, and has a margin of error of 4.1 percentage points.

Trump has during his time in office sought to rein in American involvement in foreign affairs. He has said the U.S. should not be the world’s police and suggested the U.S. should be paid to defend other countries.

Last month, he abruptly announced U.S. troops would leave Syria, roiling allies.

The administration has since tempered its language on the pullout, and placed conditions on a full withdrawal.