Trump’s foreign focus could turn off voters worried about the economy

President Donald Trump’s attention to foreign affairs may be contributing to public perceptions that he isn’t focused enough on the U.S. economy.

Polls have shown anemic support for Trump’s military operations, even though they have been reasonably successful and led to few American casualties. 

Trump’s calls to annex Greenland have proven unpopular. The prospect of doing so by military force has garnered single-digit support in surveys and little enthusiasm among Republicans on Capitol Hill, who have overwhelmingly backed the president’s strikes on the Iranian nuclear sites and toppling of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. 

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) wrote of his famously hawkish colleague Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), “If you want to stump Lindsey, just ask him to name a country he wouldn’t bomb.”

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