Two-thirds of Americans believe that President Donald Trump did not clearly explain his goals in the war with Iran, a poll released by Reuters and Ipsos on Monday shows. Reuters and Ipsos also found that two-thirds of Americans blame an increase in gas prices—caused by fighting in the oil-rich Persian Gulf—on the Republican Party.
The poll is only the latest in a long line of polls showing that the American public did not want the war to start and did not like the way it unfolded. And the Trump administration clearly knows it. Trump started the war by surprise on a Friday night. After the U.S. and Iran agreed to a ceasefire in mid-April, the administration claimed that Congress no longer gets a say under the War Powers Act, because the clock has reset on the war.
