Poll: Far more trust generals than Trump on N. Korea, while two-thirds oppose preemptive strike

The following article by Scott Clement and Philip Rucker was posted on the Washington Post website September 24, 2017:

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Sen. Luther Strange in Huntsville, Ala. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Two-thirds of Americans oppose launching a preemptive military strike against North Korea, with a majority trusting the U.S. military to handle the escalating nuclear crisis responsibly but not President Trump, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds.

Roughly three-quarters of the public supports tougher economic sanctions on North Korea in an attempt to persuade it to give up its nuclear weapons, while just about one-third think the United States should offer the isolated country foreign aid or other incentives. Continue reading “Poll: Far more trust generals than Trump on N. Korea, while two-thirds oppose preemptive strike”