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A majority of Americans wish former President Barack Obama was still in the White House and in charge of the nation according to a new poll.
A new survey from Public Policy Polling found that 52 percent of respondents wish Obama were in the midst of his third term. By comparison, only 41 percent prefer having President Donald Trump over Obama.
But it’s not uncommon for a former president to see his popularity jump after he leaves office.
A 2009 Gallup poll showed that only 35 percent of people liked former President George W. Bush, but after he’d left office and the news that he had taken up painting emerged, his approval rating has jumped up to 59 percent.
Unfortunately for the current president, the poll included many other negative ratings. The survey found 54 percent of people claim Trump is dishonest, 47 percent say he’s mentally unstable and 48 percent call for his impeachment.
Former President Obama has made only a handful of forays into the political conversation, but has joined his fellow ex-presidents to call for relief after Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria battered parts of the United States.
He’s also continued to occasionally speak to the press on her personal life, recently admitting that he cried while dropping his daughter Malia Obama off at Harvard University this year.
Obama even found some time to hang out at The Presidents Cup golf tournament with former president’s Bush and Bill Clinton.
Meanwhile, A vast majority of voters find President Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric on North Korea to be “not helpful,” according to a new poll released Wednesday.
Seventy percent of respondents in the Fox News survey disapproved of the president’s comments on North Korea, which have included dire warnings of “fire and fury” being unleashed against the foreign state and its complete annihilation should it continue to ignore calls from the international community to tamp down its militaristic ambitions. Only 23 percent said they felt Trump’s words were improving matters.
Threatening military action – a tactic the president has overwhelmingly relied on in dealing with North Korea – also received strong disapproval, with only 27 percent supporting the method and 61 percent instead preferring that the U.S. seek diplomatic options.
During his address to the United Nations General Assembly last week, Trump derided North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, calling him “Little Rocket Man” and threatening to “totally destroy” the country if it continued with its weapons tests in the Korean Peninsula.
The country’s foreign minister on Monday said Trump’s words were “clearly a declaration of war,” a charge the White House later dismissed as “absurd.”
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Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho added that the president’s comments gave North Korea “every right to take countermeasures, including the right to shoot down United States strategic bombers even when they are not yet inside the airspace border of our country.”
Trump on Tuesday defended his comments, saying they were merely a “reply” to Kim for “acting very badly.”
An increasing number of voters also disapproved of the president’s handling of North Korea in general, rising from 45 percent who disapproved in July to 50 percent in August and now 55 percent in September.
By a more than 2-to-1 ratio, voters also disapproved of Trump’s comments on Iran – 59 percent compared with 27 percent who approved.
The president railed against the United States’ handling of Iran under President Barack Obama throughout the 2016 campaign, taking particular aim at Obama’s signature Iran nuclear deal.
The Fox News poll sampled 1,017 randomly chosen registered voters via landline and cellphones between Sept. 24 and 26 and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
A majority of Americans wish former President Barack Obama was still in the White House and in charge of the nation according to a new poll.
A new survey from Public Policy Polling found that 52 percent of respondents wish Obama were in the midst of his third term. By comparison, only 41 percent prefer having President Donald Trump over Obama.
But it’s not uncommon for a former president to see his popularity jump after he leaves office.
A 2009 Gallup poll showed that only 35 percent of people liked former President George W. Bush, but after he’d left office and the news that he had taken up painting emerged, his approval rating has jumped up to 59 percent.
Unfortunately for the current president, the poll included many other negative ratings. The survey found 54 percent of people claim Trump is dishonest, 47 percent say he’s mentally unstable and 48 percent call for his impeachment.
Former President Obama has made only a handful of forays into the political conversation, but has joined his fellow ex-presidents to call for relief after Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria battered parts of the United States.
He’s also continued to occasionally speak to the press on her personal life, recently admitting that he cried while dropping his daughter Malia Obama off at Harvard University this year.
Obama even found some time to hang out at The Presidents Cup golf tournament with former president’s Bush and Bill Clinton.
Meanwhile, A vast majority of voters find President Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric on North Korea to be “not helpful,” according to a new poll released Wednesday.
Seventy percent of respondents in the Fox News survey disapproved of the president’s comments on North Korea, which have included dire warnings of “fire and fury” being unleashed against the foreign state and its complete annihilation should it continue to ignore calls from the international community to tamp down its militaristic ambitions. Only 23 percent said they felt Trump’s words were improving matters.
Threatening military action – a tactic the president has overwhelmingly relied on in dealing with North Korea – also received strong disapproval, with only 27 percent supporting the method and 61 percent instead preferring that the U.S. seek diplomatic options.
During his address to the United Nations General Assembly last week, Trump derided North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, calling him “Little Rocket Man” and threatening to “totally destroy” the country if it continued with its weapons tests in the Korean Peninsula.
The country’s foreign minister on Monday said Trump’s words were “clearly a declaration of war,” a charge the White House later dismissed as “absurd.”
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho added that the president’s comments gave North Korea “every right to take countermeasures, including the right to shoot down United States strategic bombers even when they are not yet inside the airspace border of our country.”
Trump on Tuesday defended his comments, saying they were merely a “reply” to Kim for “acting very badly.”
An increasing number of voters also disapproved of the president’s handling of North Korea in general, rising from 45 percent who disapproved in July to 50 percent in August and now 55 percent in September.
By a more than 2-to-1 ratio, voters also disapproved of Trump’s comments on Iran – 59 percent compared with 27 percent who approved.
The president railed against the United States’ handling of Iran under President Barack Obama throughout the 2016 campaign, taking particular aim at Obama’s signature Iran nuclear deal.
The Fox News poll sampled 1,017 randomly chosen registered voters via landline and cellphones between Sept. 24 and 26 and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
