Poll: Voters Show Little Confidence in Trump to Handle NKorea

Voters are showing less confidence in President Donald Trump ahead of a meeting that is being planned between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Politico reported, based on a Politico / Morning Consult poll.

The amount of those who say they have a lot of support for the president also increased in the poll.

Among the poll’s results:

• 34 percent of voters said they had no confidence at all in Trump to handle threats posed by North Korea. That number in March was 31 percent.
• 15 percent said they did not have much confidence in Trump, while that number in March was 16 percent.
• 28 percent said they have a lot of confidence in Trump. That number in March was 24 percent.
• 19 percent said they had some confidence in Trump—down from 21 percent in March.
• Voters in the poll do not see relations between the two countries as improving.
• 46 percent said relations have gotten worse since Trump took office.
• 18 percent said relations have gotten worse.
• 17 percent said relations have stayed the same.

Most of the voters in the poll—59 percent—said that North Korea is an enemy of the U.S., while another 22 percent said North Korea is not friendly, but is not the U.S.’s enemy.

The poll was conducted from April 21 to April 23, and surveyed 1,993 registered voters. The poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2 percentage points, the poll report said.

Trump suggested Tuesday that the North Korean leader has been "very open" and "very honorable" in his desire for a meeting between the two leaders.

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