Saturday, February 26, 2022

Majority of Americans say Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Trump were president

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine had President Trump still been in office, a majority of Americans said according to the results of a new poll.

The survey released Friday from the Harvard Center for American Political Studies (CAPS)-Harris Poll found that 62% of Americans believed Putin would not have pulled the trigger if Trump were still president, The Hill reported.

The view was held by an overwhelming 85% of Republicans, but also 38% of Democrats. A further 59% of voters said Putin had decided to invade because Putin sensed weakness on the part of President Biden, while just 41% said that view had not played a role in Putin’s decision.

The online poll was conducted between Feb. 23 and Feb. 24 and surveyed 2,026 registered voters.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Aren't their pants supposed to be down in the cartoon?