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Poll: World skeptical Trump will do right in global affairs

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Last Updated : Jan 08 2020 | 8:05 PM IST

The world is still skeptical that after nearly three years in office President Donald Trump will do the right thing on foreign affairs, according to Pew Research Center polling released Wednesday.

The poll was conducted well before Trump signed off on a US drone strike that killed Iranian Gen Qassem Soleimani last week. The strike has pushed tensions between America and its longtime Middle Eastern nemesis to high alert and led to Tehran launching ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases that house American troops.

Majorities of people in many of the 33 nations surveyed by the nonpartisan research centre disapprove of a number of the policies that Trump talks about most often, including slapping tariffs on imported goods as a way to gain leverage in trade disputes,

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First Published: Jan 08 2020 | 8:05 PM IST

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